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AAI received passenger fee of Rs 2,032 cr from six leased airports: Govt

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has received passenger fees totalling about Rs 2,032 crore till June this year from the private partners operating six airports that were leased out in 2019. The airports at Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram have been leased out to Adani group under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) since 2019. "Private partners of these airports have paid approximately Rs 2,032 crore to AAI as Per Passenger Fee (PPF) till June 2024. "AAI has also received an amount of approximately Rs 2,758 crore from the private partners of these six airports in the form of upfront fee towards the capital expenditure incurred by AAI at these airports," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol told Lok Sabha on Thursday. According to him, these airports were leased out for better operations, management and development for 50 years. The minister also said in a written reply that as per the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), 25

AAI spents Rs 796 cr for repairs, maintenance works of 101 airports last FY

Airports Authority of India (AAI) shelled out nearly 20 per cent higher amount of Rs 796 crore towards repairs and maintenance works of 101 airports in the last financial year, according to official data. Since the fiscal 2021-22, AAI's expenditure towards these activities at the airports has been on the rise. The amount rose to Rs 795.72 crore in the last financial year ended March 2024, from Rs 663.42 crore in 2022-23. In 2021-22, the expenditure towards repairs and maintenance works was Rs 535.02 crore, as per the data shared by the civil aviation ministry with the Rajya Sabha. The expenditure figures have been provided for 121 AAI airports, and out of them, no money in this regard was spent for 20 airports, according to the data. Concerns regarding maintenance of airport buildings came to the fore following the collapse of the forecourt canopy at Terminal 1D of the Delhi airport amid rains on June 28. Also, the kerb area canopy made of tensile fabric got torn at Jabalpur Airp

India to double airports to 300 by 2047 amid surging passenger traffic

AAI's draft plan indicates 70 airstrips could be developed into airports capable of handling narrow-body aircraft such as the A320 or B737, while 40 airstrips could be upgraded for smaller aircraft

Go First's lenders consider liquidation after court order on planes

Go First's resolution professional did not immediately respond to a Reuters' email seeking comment

AAI planning capex of Rs 30,000 cr in next five years: Jyotiraditya Scindia

AAI Chairman Sanjeev Kumar said the AAI's capex in 2023-24 stood at Rs 5,250 crore. It was a bit higher than the capex of 2022-23, which stood at Rs 5,175 crore

Development of Thanjavur airport put on fast track; AAI to invest Rs 200 cr

Thanjavur airport is an Air Force Station owned and operated by IAF

SC ruling on user development fee provides guidance for GST, tax on royalty

The SC had held that UDF collected by the DIAL is in the nature of statutory levy and the same would not be taken as consideration against any services

Airports Authority of India plans Rs 4,000-cr capital expenditure in FY24

Building 2 greenfield airports, upgrading 23 existing ones

Uber signs pact to build cab service zones across all AAI airports

Ride-hailing app Uber has signed a pact with AAI to build its cab service zone across their airports as it sees the aviation sector as one of the key growth drivers of its business, a senior company official said. Uber India and South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh told PTI that it has recorded nearly 100 per cent year-on-year growth in Airport trips in January and February this year and one in every 10 trips on the Uber platform is an airport trip. We have signed an MOU with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to provide Uber's service at multiple AAI airports. This is something which we believe is to truly participate in one of the fastest-growing segments of the Indian economy, which is the aviation sector. We see that we are an incredibly critical part of that growth, Singh said. Uber Zone enables the company to provide dedicated pickup and drop points, deploy technology to help the user navigate to Uber Zones and provide parking at ease to driver partners etc. He said trips

Delhi airport congestion: AAI asks DIAL to explain "deficiency in services"

Under the contract, AAI can penalise DIAL for not maintaining service quality standards

Mumbai-bound flight grounded after take-off in Bhopal due to technical snag

A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh was grounded after take-off on Monday due to a technical snag, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said here. The flight returned to Bhopal's Raja Bhoj International Airport after take-off due to the snag in the morning, he said. It was carrying 183 passengers, 117 of whom were adjusted in another aircraft in the evening by cancelling a Delhi-bound flight, the official informed. "The remaining passengers were adjusted on other flights and also by arranging accommodation," he added.

Civil aviation min announces new MRO policy; seeks to attract investments

The new policy for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services includes leasing of land through open tenders and abolishing royalty charged by the AAI

AAI committees find Adani group in violation of branding, logo pacts

Three committees of the Centre-run AAI in January found the Adani group to be in violation of branding norms, prescribed in the concession agreements, at airports in Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow

Tangible economic gain to AAI on leasing out six airports under PPP: Govt

Adani Group has won the bids for the six airports

AAI lines up concessions to attract aircraft repair firms to its airports

Plans to abolish royalty, offer steep discounts in lease rent

AAI asks air passengers to download Aarogya Setu app, carry hand sanitiser

The government-owned Aarogya Setu app gives colour coded-designation to users as per their health status and travel history. It helps the user know if he or she is near anyone who has tested positive

Arvind Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer, takes over as AAI chairman

The AAI, which comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country

Tata consortium to tweak investment in GMR airports, reduce stake by 5%

The Tata Group's effective shareholding will now be 15 per cent in GMR Airports, translating into a shareholding of approximately 10 per cent in DIAL, said sources in the know

Inform if any aircraft acquisition plans change, AAI tells airlines

According to industry estimate, airlines in India have speeded up their aircraft acquisition plans. They will add at least 30 planes till December, of which 20 will be added by the first week of Nov

AAI employees to intensify protest over govt's move to privatise airports

Last month, the government cleared a proposal for managing six AAI-run airports - Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Ahmedabad and Jaipur - on public-private partnership (PPP) basis