Centre is planning to lease out MBB Airport of Agartala . The MBB Airport will be one of the 25 other airports that have been earmarked for leasing over the years 2022 to 2025, said Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha yesterday.
A government press release said, as per National Monetization Pipeline (NMP), 25 Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports namely Bhubaneshwar, Varanasi, Amritsar, Trichy, Indore, Raipur, Calicut, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Patna, Madurai, Surat, Ranchi, Jodhpur, Chennai, Vijayawada, Vadodara, Bhopal, Tirupati, Hubli, Imphal, Agartala, Udaipur, Dehradun and Rajahmundry have
AAI has leased out eight of its airports under Public Private Partnership (PPP) for operation, management and development on long term lease basis. Details of airports along with the Concessionaires are as under:
(1) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi – M/s Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)
(2) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai – M/s Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL)
(3) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow – M/s Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL)
(4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad – M/s Ahmedabad International Airport Limited (AIAL)
(5) Mangaluru International Airport – M/s Mangaluru International Airport Limited (MaIAL)
(6) Jaipur International Airport – M/s Jaipur International Airport Limited (JIAL)
(7) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati – M/s Guwahati International Airport Limited (GIAL)
(8) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – M/s TRV-Kerala International Airport Limited (TIAL)
Airports of AAI are leased out in public interest for their better management utilizing private sector efficiency and investment, said the Union Minister in his reply. States and passengers are the ultimate beneficiary of enhanced airport infrastructure and facilities created by private partner, who operates, manages and develops the leased airport under PPP. Airports have emerged as a nucleus of economic activities and have multiplier effect on the economy of the State. The revenue received by AAI from the leased airports is also utilized in development of airport infrastructure across the country.
