A government-appointed committee has dropped the proposal floated by the civil aviation ministry to restrict the number of airports a private operator can bid for under the public-private partnership model. Sources in the government said the committee, after examining the market, came to the conclusion that there are not enough players in the sector to
After the receipt of security clearance, the state-run Airport Authority of India will sign the concession agreement for Jaipur, Guwahati, Trivandrum airports with a private player. According to Airport Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Arvind Singh, the security clearances have been received and the concession agreement will be signed in January. A presentation by the
After the airline battle in India’s skies, a battle for airports is brewing down on the ground. From having a private airport at Mundra to winning bids for six airports and then check-mating GVK to bag Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, Adani airports has started making a mark. While the Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru airports have
New Delhi: Amid fears over the new coronavirus strain that has been found in the United Kingdom, the news of five UK returnees, who went. untraceable from Delhi airport, has put authorities on alert. Reports inform that as many as five COVID-19 positive passengers fled after arriving at the Delhi airport from the UK on December
Despite earnest efforts, Nilgais (Blue Bulls) are still a threat to the planes operating from Darbhanga airport in Bihar. The district administration has proposed a comprehensive plan to deal with this menace but is yet to implement it. Darbhanga District Magistrate (DM) Thiyagrajan S.M. told IANS that the “Departments concerned are on the job and
Two planes of SpiceJet and Indigo suffered bird hits during landing at Patna’s Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport two weeks ago, and both had to cancel their onwards journey. The incident, though, is nothing out of the ordinary for the Patna airport. There are several factors that contribute to make the airport one of the most
