Committee Recommends AAI to Operate Airports

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri K. C. Venugopal informed the Lok Sabha today that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture in its 203rd Report has recommended that Airports Authority of India (AAI) may be permitted to manage and operate all its airports including the loss-making ones with a rider that there should be time-bound delivery of world class passenger services in a more efficient and transparent manner, matching with those being rendered by private airport operators.

AAI has invested Rs. 2015 crores and Rs. 2470 crores for the development and modernisation of Chennai and Kolkata airports respectively.

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