Govt approves proposal for leasing out Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports through PPP model
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for leasing out
airports at
Jaipur,
Guwahati and
Thiruvananthapuram through public-private partnership (PPP).
Adani Enterprises had won the rights to run six airports -- Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati -- through PPP model after a competitive bidding process in February 2019.
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These six airports are owned by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Adani Enterprises had signed the concessionaire agreement with AAI for three airports - Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow - on February 14, 2020.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Union Environment Minister
Prakash Javadekar said the cabinet has approved the proposal for leasing out Jaipur, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram airports through PPP model.