Lok Sabha Question No. 1310 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Privatisation of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1310 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  27th July 2023 )

## PRIVATISATION OF AIRPORTS

## 1310.    SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R. Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  number  of  airports  run  by  the  Union  Government  and  the annual profits or losses for the last five years, Airport-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  privately  operated  or  managed  airports  and whether these airports are running on profit and if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) the number of airports proposed to be privatised; and
- (d)  whether there are any greenfield projects developed by private companies/groups  for  building  new  airports  and  if  so,  the  details
- thereof?

## ANSWER

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

CIVIL  AVIATION

- (a):  A  statement showing the annual profit/loss of 125 airports run by Airports Authority of India (AAI), for last 5 years (FY 2018-19 to
- FY 2022-23) is enclosed at Annexure-A.
- (b): Presently, 14 airports in the country are operated  under Public Private Partnership (PPP), details of which along with their profitability are attached at Annexure-B.
- (c):  As  per  National  Monetization  Pipeline  (NMP),  25    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  been earmarked for leasing over the years 2022 to 2025.

(d): As per the Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008, an airport can be  developed  by  AAI,  State  Governments  and  any  other  Airport Developer. Out of the eleven (11) operationalized greenfield airports, Durgapur,  Kannur,  Sindhudurg  and  Mopa  have  been  developed  by respective State Governments under PPP. The development of new greenfield  airports  at  Jewar  (Noida),  Bhogapuram,  Navi  Mumbai, Karaikal (Puducherry) and Dabra (Gwalior) also involves participation of private developers under PPP.

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ANNEXURE-A Statement referred in part (a) of reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1310 for answer on

27.07.2023.

(Rs. in crore)

| SL No   | Name of Airport    | 2018-19               | 2019-20               | 2020-21               | 2021-22               | 2022- 23               |
|---------|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|         |                    | Profit (+) / Loss (-) | Profit (+) / Loss (-) | Profit (+) / Loss (-) | Profit (+) / Loss (-) | Profit (+) / Loss (- ) |
| 1       | ADAMPUR            | -0.63                 | -1.95                 | -2.03                 | -2.93                 | -3.81                  |
| 2       | AGARTALA           | -40.50                | -36.40                | -71.97                | -80.67                | - 115.61               |
| 3       | AGATTI             | -7.56                 | -9.06                 | -9.96                 | -9.78                 | -11.64                 |
| 4       | AGRA               | -11.96                | -5.08                 | -2.49                 | -2.41                 | -6.76                  |
| 5       | AKOLA              | -2.63                 | -2.65                 | -1.90                 | -1.65                 | -1.67                  |
| 6       | ALLAHABAD          | -3.53                 | -6.91                 | -6.66                 | -2.01                 | -1.49                  |
| 7       | AMRITSAR           | -38.87                | 0.92                  | -126.65               | -35.44                | -24.04                 |
| 8       | ASANSOL            | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 2.00                   |
| 9       | AURANGABAD         | -58.71                | -58.08                | -44.21                | -33.72                | -41.31                 |
| 10      | BAGDOGRA           | 2.55                  | 14.24                 | -11.90                | -0.70                 | 2.70                   |
| 11      | BALURGHAT          | -0.32                 | -0.22                 | -0.07                 | 0.00                  | 0.00                   |
| 12      | BAREILLY           | -0.09                 | 0.76                  | 0.68                  | -1.63                 | -1.87                  |
| 13      | BEHALA             | 0.49                  | -0.24                 | -0.51                 | 0.20                  | -1.22                  |
| 14      | BELGAUM (BELAGAVI) | -25.35                | -27.59                | -21.12                | -25.48                | -23.84                 |
| 15      | BHATINDA           | -5.31                 | -4.14                 | -3.01                 | -3.11                 | -2.75                  |
| 16      | BHAVNAGAR          | -16.81                | -10.72                | -7.11                 | -9.31                 | -10.11                 |
| 17      | BHOPAL             | -65.46                | -42.71                | -57.19                | -55.61                | -47.19                 |
| 18      | BHUBNESHWAR        | -22.99                | 34.22                 | -41.54                | -9.75                 | 11.81                  |
| 19      | BHUJ               | -8.24                 | -6.89                 | -5.89                 | -4.15                 | -5.73                  |
| 20      | BIKANER            | -5.18                 | -6.60                 | -7.46                 | -9.63                 | -10.33                 |
| 21      | CALICUT            | 73.11                 | 69.14                 | -59.57                | -22.63                | 95.38                  |
| 22      | CHAKULIA           | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                   |
| 23      | CHANDIGARH         | -15.44                | -12.37                | -12.87                | -2.46                 | 9.52                   |
| 24      | CHENNAI            | 5.35                  | 22.65                 | -278.63               | -189.85               | 169.56                 |
| 25      | COIMBATORE         | -17.53                | 23.35                 | -31.74                | -28.51                | 12.65                  |
| 26      | COOCH BEHAR        | -4.98                 | -4.78                 | -4.40                 | -3.91                 | -3.56                  |
| 27      | CUDDAPAH           | -9.81                 | -10.51                | -8.94                 | -10.52                | -6.09                  |
| 28      | DAPARIZO           | 0.00                  | -0.03                 | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                   |
| 29      | DARBHANGA          | 0.01                  | -0.17                 | -1.66                 | 2.10                  | 1.11                   |
| 30      | DEESA              | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                  | 0.00                   |
| 31      | DEHRADUN           | -37.66                | -42.93                | -53.45                | -98.02                | -76.61                 |
| 32      | DELHI (SAFDARJUNG) | -51.52                | -64.92                | -74.92                | -68.66                | -59.21                 |

|   33 | DEOGARH            |   -0.41 |   -8.01 |   -16.45 |   -21.92 |   28.84 |
|------|--------------------|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|
|   34 | DHALBHUMGHARH      |    0    |    0    |     0    |    -0.01 |    0    |
|   35 | DIBRUGARH          |  -29.51 |  -23.56 |   -22.3  |   -18.67 |  -28.17 |
|   36 | DIMAPUR            |  -27.08 |  -29.16 |   -20.93 |   -22.26 |  -24.14 |
|   37 | DIU                |   -3.79 |   -5.33 |    -4.52 |    -5.73 |   -5.64 |
|   38 | DONAKONDA          |   -0.18 |   -0.19 |    -0.16 |    -0.19 |   -0.19 |
|   39 | FAIZABAD           |    0    |    0    |     0    |     0    |    0    |
|   40 | GAYA               |  -30.61 |  -24.68 |   -26.25 |   -14.32 |  -23.47 |
|   41 | GOA                |  137.48 |  146.87 |  -118.04 |   -30.03 |   48.39 |
|   42 | GONDIA             |  -26.42 |  -24.1  |   -15.08 |   -15.47 |  -15.02 |
|   43 | GORAKHPUR          |   -4.24 |   -1.21 |    -6.44 |    -3.19 |   -2.43 |
|   44 | GWALIOR            |   -9.44 |   -5.74 |    -4.57 |    -4.32 |   -4.99 |
|   45 | HINDON             |   -0.01 |   -0.81 |    -3.35 |    -3.38 |   -3.02 |
|   46 | HUBLI (HUBBALLI)   |  -23.29 |  -25.12 |   -26.14 |   -28.5  |  -23.22 |
|   47 | HYDERABAD          |  -52.33 |  -45.97 |   -33.65 |   -41.4  |  -79.96 |
|   48 | IMPHAL             |  -58.63 |  -56.01 |   -42.19 |   -26.16 |  -45.64 |
|   49 | INDORE             |  -25.02 |    4.47 |   -51.74 |   -40.24 |  -23.12 |
|   50 | JABALPUR           |  -19.08 |  -19.24 |   -25.12 |   -10.96 |  -22.04 |
|   51 | JAISALMER          |   -1.46 |   -1.41 |    -3.36 |    -1.46 |   -1.37 |
|   52 | JALGAON            |   -3.63 |   -3.72 |    -5.38 |    -5.8  |   -5.42 |
|   53 | JAMMU              |  -23.64 |  -17.94 |   -27.72 |     0.09 |  -17.51 |
|   54 | JAMNAGAR           |   -2.23 |   -3.53 |    -3.15 |     1.19 |   -0.41 |
|   55 | JHARSUGUDA         |  -11.38 |  -16.29 |   -15.39 |   -14.56 |  -13.91 |
|   56 | JODHPUR            |  -13.22 |   -8.9  |   -13.34 |    -1.4  |   -6.16 |
|   57 | JOGBANI            |   -0.28 |   -0.28 |    -0.28 |    -0.28 |   -0.28 |
|   58 | JORHAT             |  -10.61 |   -2.27 |    -5.64 |    -3.94 |   -3.69 |
|   59 | JUHU               |   51.49 |   12.01 |   -18.07 |   -15.88 |   13.31 |
|   60 | KAILASHAHAR        |   -0.48 |    0    |     0    |     0.48 |   -0.02 |
|   61 | KALABURGI          |    0    |    0    |    -4.23 |    -5.03 |   -6.45 |
|   62 | KAMALPUR           |   -0.08 |    0    |     0    |     0.08 |    0    |
|   63 | KANDLA             |   -7.62 |   -5.11 |     0.11 |    -2.52 |   -1.93 |
|   64 | KANGRA(GAGGAL)     |  -11.58 |   -9.72 |   -10.2  |    -8.76 |  -13.83 |
|   65 | KANPUR             |  -12.53 |  -24.56 |     0    |     0    |    0    |
|   66 | KANPUR CHAKERI     |    0    |    0    |     6.07 |     5.47 |    1.47 |
|   67 | KASIA KHUSHINAGAR  |    0    |    0    |    -3.58 |    -2.78 |   -9.05 |
|   68 | KESHOD             |   -3.62 |   -4.06 |    -5.29 |    -4.25 |   -3.81 |
|   69 | KHAJURAHO          |  -37.44 |  -33.38 |   -42.92 |   -29.33 |  -38.1  |
|   70 | KHANDWA            |    0    |    0    |     0    |     0    |    0    |
|   71 | KHOWAI             |   -0.09 |    0    |     0    |     0.09 |    0    |
|   72 | KISHANGARH (AJMER) |  -22.3  |  -24.04 |   -21.62 |   -22.01 |  -20.82 |
|   73 | KOLHAPUR           |   -6.79 |   -6.36 |    -7.99 |    -1.62 |   -7.43 |
|   74 | KOLKATTA           |  461.19 |  545.07 |  -193.7  |   145.28 |  482.3  |
|   75 | KOTA               |   -3.59 |   -2.82 |    -2.77 |    -1.42 |   -1.9  |
|   76 | KULU(BHUNTAR)      |  -16.27 |  -13.29 |    -9.39 |    -7.68 |   -8.34 |
|   77 | LEH                |  -10.08 |  -14.85 |    -8.89 |     2.82 |    1.89 |
|   78 | LILABARI           |  -16.41 |  -14.53 |   -10.95 |    -7.2  |  -14.46 |

|   79 | LUDHIANA            |   -6.46 |   -7.21 |   -5.75 |   -6.61 |   -6.68 |
|------|---------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|   80 | MADURAI             |  -32.8  |  -28.11 |  -31.52 |  -41.2  |  -33.16 |
|   81 | MALDA               |   -0.14 |   -0.08 |   -0.01 |   -0.01 |   -0.01 |
|   82 | MEERUT              |    0    |   -0.1  |   -0.13 |   -0.14 |   -0.7  |
|   83 | MORADABAD           |   -0.01 |   -0.05 |   -0.21 |   -0.26 |   -0.6  |
|   84 | MUZAFFARPUR         |   -0.18 |   -0.18 |   -0.18 |   -0.18 |   -0.18 |
|   85 | MYSORE              |   -6.54 |   -6.59 |   -4.31 |   -6.01 |   -5.68 |
|   86 | NADIRGUL            |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |
|   87 | PANNA               |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |
|   88 | PANT NAGAR          |  -10.33 |   -9.77 |   -8.39 |   -9.67 |   -9.61 |
|   89 | PATHANKOT           |   -5.74 |   -0.48 |   -2.42 |   -2.81 |   -2.12 |
|   90 | PATNA               |  -12.19 |    1.19 |  -26.13 |   -0.41 |   -8.56 |
|   91 | PEKYONG             |  -22.32 |  -24.61 |  -20.76 |  -20.9  |  -18.09 |
|   92 | PONDICHERRY         |   -4.36 |  -14.3  |   -6.21 |  -12.36 |   -3.94 |
|   93 | PORBANDAR           |  -15.28 |   -1.92 |    1.54 |   -6.59 |   -4.5  |
|   94 | PORT BLAIR          |   -8.22 |  -13.34 |   -7.86 |   -6.63 |  -14.39 |
|   95 | PUNE                |  174.05 |  123.13 |  -40.86 |   39.13 |   74.94 |
|   96 | RAIPUR              |  -30.48 |  -26.65 |  -52.74 |  -29.38 |   -1.64 |
|   97 | RAJAHMUNDRY         |  -32.84 |  -45.27 |  -45.17 |  -46.5  |  -44.06 |
|   98 | RAJKOT              |  -30.48 |  -24.63 |  -26.27 |  -17.1  |  -21.93 |
|   99 | RANCHI              |  -39.25 |  -30.22 |  -66.08 |  -45.03 |  -26.45 |
|  100 | RAXUAL              |   -0.26 |   -0.27 |   -0.25 |   -0.25 |   -0.25 |
|  101 | RUPSI               |   -0.89 |   -5.31 |   -2.05 |   -3.1  |   -3.28 |
|  102 | SALEM               |   -6.43 |   -8.76 |   -3.22 |   -5.61 |   -8.09 |
|  103 | SATNA               |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |
|  104 | SHELLA              |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |
|  105 | SHILLONG (BARAPANI) |  -15.14 |  -15.79 |   -6.52 |  -10.65 |   -7.6  |
|  106 | SHIMLA              |  -14.66 |    3.48 |   -2.14 |  -11.87 |   -3.66 |
|  107 | SILCHAR             |  -18.26 |  -12.77 |   -8.99 |   -5.92 |  -14.9  |
|  108 | SOLAPUR             |   -3.71 |   -3.08 |   -2.69 |   -2.15 |   -1.81 |
|  109 | SRINAGAR            |   -1.51 |   16.08 |  -43.5  |   20.16 |   26.95 |
|  110 | SURAT               |  -22.84 |  -27.48 |  -40.43 |  -29.36 |  -31.99 |
|  111 | TEZPUR              |   -7.9  |   -1.82 |   -5.35 |   -3.32 |   -3.96 |
|  112 | TEZU                |   -5.72 |   -6.17 |   -6    |   -6.95 |   -5.37 |
|  113 | THANJAVAUR          |   -0.17 |   -0.04 |    0    |    0    |   -0.01 |
|  114 | TIRUCHIRAPALLI      |   17.92 |   22.85 |  -31.93 |  -19.17 |   31.51 |
|  115 | TIRUPATI            |  -42.7  |  -35.13 |  -40.04 |  -39.07 |  -50.03 |
|  116 | TURIAL (AIZAWL)     |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |    0    |
|  117 | TUTICORIN           |   -7.86 |  -11.62 |  -12.81 |  -13.97 |  -13.66 |
|  118 | UDAIPUR             |  -31.17 |  -25.07 |  -44.68 |  -26.64 |  -33.04 |
|  119 | VADODARA            |  -54.22 |  -42.66 |  -51.22 |  -51.22 |  -46.71 |
|  120 | VARANASI            |  -61.14 |   -1.6  | -100.93 |  -56.18 |  -45.74 |
|  121 | VELLORE             |   -0.92 |   -1.78 |   -2.43 |    1.42 |   -1.02 |
|  122 | VIJAYAWADA          |  -41.7  |  -60.22 |  -67.82 |  -65.86 |  -69.67 |
|  123 | VISAKHAPATNAM       |   -3.01 |    2.29 |  -29.37 |   -3.97 |    2.41 |
|  124 | WARANGAL            |   -0.56 |   -0.55 |   -0.59 |   -0.59 |   -0.61 |

| 125   | DONYI POLO (ITANAGAR)/HOLONGI (*)   | Not Applicab le   | Not Applicabl e   | Not Applicabl e   | Not Applicab le   | -3.85   |
|-------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------|

Note : The Donyi Polo (Itanagar) Holongi Airport was inagurated on 19.11.2022 hence Profit/Loss figures for the Period FY 2018-19 to FY 2021-22 are not applicable)

## ANNEXURE B

## Statement referred in part (b) of  reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1310 for answer on 27.07.2023

## Profit/Loss details of PPP Airports

|       |                  | FY 2022-23            |
|-------|------------------|-----------------------|
| SL No | NAme of Airport  | Profit (+) / Loss (-) |
| 1     | Cochin           | 267.17                |
| 2     | Bangalore        | 528.31                |
| 3     | Hyderabad        | 32.99                 |
| 4     | Kannur           | -131.98               |
| 5     | Delhi            | -284.86               |
| 6     | Mumbai           | -1.04                 |
| 7     | Ahmedabad        | -408.51               |
| 8     | Lucknow          | -160.66               |
| 9     | Mangaluru        | -125.98               |
| 10    | Jaipur           | -128.52               |
| 11    | Guwahati         | -60.97                |
| 12    | Thiruvanthapuram | -110.15               |
| 13    | Durgapur         | -9.10                 |
| 14    | Mopa             | -148.34               |

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(₹ in crore)