Sri Lanka seeks investors for loss-making Mattala airport built with Chinese loansSri Lanka is seeking investors for Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. The airport has been a financial drain since opening in 2013. A...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
AAI's electronics engineers body raises concern over proposed privatisation of ATC servicesAn electronic engineers' body, ATSEPA, has voiced strong objections to the potential privatisation of air traffic control services in India...
25 Apr, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
Wider commercial use of airport land may be cleared for take-offThe Indian government is considering amending the AAI Act to allow private airport operators to develop shopping complexes, conference cent...
11 Mar, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
Government puts airport privatisation plan in flight mode againIndia has resumed the privatisation process for 13 airports to increase revenue through asset monetisation. The Ministry of Civil Aviation ...
25 Feb, 2025, 08.19 PM IST
Aviation Ministry to present proposal on 'further airport privatisation' to Cabinet on Wednesday: PuriIn the first round of privatisation under the Narendra Modi dispensation, the airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvanan...
18 Aug, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
AAI recommends Centre to privatise 6 airports including Amritsar, VaranasiThe Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recommended the Centre to privatise airports at Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur a...
01 Dec, 2019, 03.43 PM IST
Govt to privatise 20-25 airports in next phase: AAI Chairman Guruprasad MohapatraLast year, the govt had decided to privatise airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati for operat...
26 Jul, 2019, 05.19 PM IST
Privatising small airports not the right approach: GMR officialSidharath Kapur said the government should focus on building smaller aerodromes from the revenues of bigger airports that have been privati...
14 Feb, 2019, 04.02 PM IST
Airports Authority of India management contracts for Kolkata, Chennai among four airportsGovernment has decided to award airports in Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad on management contract, junking its earlier plan to priv...
02 Jan, 2015, 04.47 AM IST
IATA expresses reservations over privatisation of airportsIATA has earlier too termed Indian airports as "very expensive" and advocating lowering of airport charges, taxes and fuel charges.
21 Dec, 2014, 12.16 PM IST
Process of privatising 6 airports postponed againThe process of privatising six airports developed by Airports Authority of India (AAI) including Kolkata and Chennai has once again been po...
28 Jan, 2014, 07.25 PM IST
AAI employees to hold ballot to decide on general strikeThe airport union has, therefore, decided to conduct a strike ballot for going on general strike on February 10 across country's airports, ...
26 Jan, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
AAI Chairman VP Agarwal removed; Sinha given additional chargeV P Agarwal was removed from his post apparently because of his "opposition" to privatisation of more airports in the country, sources said.
24 Jan, 2014, 10.41 AM IST
Government move to privatise 6 airports: AAI employees begin strikeThousands of employees of AAI today started a relay hunger strike across the country to protest against the government's move to privatise ...
23 Oct, 2013, 03.24 AM IST
AAI unions seek Narendra Modi, Mamata's help to block privatisationThe AAI Joint Forum has sought the intervention of six chief ministers to block aviation ministry's move to privatise six airports.
12 Sep, 2013, 06.03 PM IST
AAI employees protest against privatisation of Chennai airportOver 1,500 employees of the Airports Authority of India staged a protest here against the Centre's attempts to privatise airports in the co...
05 Sep, 2013, 09.15 PM IST
- Privatise Chennai airport: DMK
In a big boost to the government’s airport modernisation plans, and a setback for the CPM’s bid to forge an alliance within the UPA for opp...
19 Aug, 2006, 12.32 AM IST