Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Operational Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 905

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  7th December 2023 )

## OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS

905.     MS. S. JOTHIMANI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of airports operating in the country and the details of new airports that have been built in the country since 2014;
- (b) the details of privatization of airports between 2004-2013;
- (c) the details of privatization of airports since 2014;
- (d) the details of Airports which are fully owned/controlled by Private Groups since 2014;
- (e)  the  details  of  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  airports  in  the country along with names of such PPP company;
- (f)  whether  it  is  true  that  one  private  company  has  emerged  as  the largest  private  player  to  own  airports  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (g)  the  details  of  bids/tenders  received  for  various  airports  proposed for  privatisation  since  2014  and  time  period  till  which  tenders  are likely to be issued; and
- (h)  the  details  of  license  fee  and  royalty  collected  by  AAI  from  the
- privately owned airports?
- (a) At present, there are 149 operational airports in the country. Out of these, 12 new airports namely, Manohar International Airport, Mopa in Goa,  Shirdi  International  airport,  Shirdi  and  Sindhudurg  airport  in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi airport and Shivamogga airport in Karnataka, Kushinagar  airport  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Orvakal  (Kurnool)  Airport  in Andhra Pradesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, Durgapur in West Bengal, Pakyong  airport  in  Sikkim,  Kannur  International  airport  in  Kerala, Donyi Polo, Itanagar airport in Arunachal Pradesh and Rajkot (Hirasar) airport in Gujarat have been operationalised since 2014.;
- (b)  AAI  has  handed  over  two  airports  namely  Delhi  and  Mumbai airports  in  2006  for  operation,  management  and  development  under PPP mode on long term lease.;
- (c) There are 06 Airports  awarded  under  PPP since 2014  viz. Mangaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Jaipur and Thiruvananthapuram.;

(d)Out of total 149 operational airports, three airports namely Mundra, Jamshedpur  and  Vidyanagar  are  fully  owned/controlled  by  Private Groups.;

- (e)  & (f)  :Details  of  PPP airports in the country and the PPP partners are at annexure.;
- (g)During  the  tender  process  of  six  AAI  airports  namely  Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Thiruvananthpuram and Guwahati carried out in 2018-19, a total of 32 bids were received. The tender process was  completed  and  these  six  airports  have  been  awarded  to  the successful bidder.;
- (h)  Delhi  and  Mumbai  airports  have  been  awarded  on  the  basis  of Revenue Share Model to operate, manage and develop the airports for an  initial  period  of  30  years.  For  other  six  airports  viz.  Lucknow, Ahmedabad,  Mangaluru,  Jaipur,  Guwahati  and  Thiruvananthapuram, the  basis  is  Per  Passenger  Fee  (PPF)  payable  to  AAI,  to  operate, manage and develop these airports for a period of 50 years. AAI has received Annual Fees of more than Rs.30,000 crore as Revenue Share from  the  Private  Partners  of  Delhi  and  Mumbai  airports.  The  Private

Partners of Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru airports have paid approximately Rs. 1475 crore to AAI as Per Passenger Fee (PPF) till November, 2023. AAI has also received an amount of approximately Rs.2767 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.

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Annexure Statement referred in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 905 for answer on 07.12.2023

|   SL. No. | Name of Airport                                            | Concessionaire                                           |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Cochin International Airport                               | M/s. Cochin International Airport Limited                |
|         2 | Bangalore International Airport                            | M/s. Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL)      |
|         3 | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad              | M/s. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) |
|         4 | Kannur International Airport                               | M/s. Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL)         |
|         5 | Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi                 | M/s. Delhi International Airport Limited                 |
|         6 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai  | M/s. Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL)         |
|         7 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad  | M/s. Ahmedabad International Airport Limited (AIAL)      |
|         8 | Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow      | M/s. Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL)        |
|         9 | Mangaluru International Airport, Karnataka                 | M/s. Mangaluru International Airport Limited (MaIAL)     |
|        10 | Jaipur International Airport, Rajasthan                    | M/s. Jaipur International Airport Limited (JIAL)         |
|        11 | Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati | M/s. Guwahati International Airport Limited (GIAL)       |

|   12 | Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, Kerala   | M/s. TRV-Kerala International Airport Limited (TIAL)   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, Durgapur, West Bengal   | M/s. Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL)           |
|   14 | Manohar International Airport, Mopa, Goa           | M/s. GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL)     |