New Delhi, Mar 17, 2025, TRIPURATIMES Desk
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New Delhi, Mar 17: The Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport at Agartala is among those identified by the Civil Aviation Ministry for operations under the public-private partnership.
The Ministry said on Monday that 11 airports, including six small airports, have been identified for operations under the public-private partnership.
As per National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), 25 airports operated by the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been earmarked for leasing over the 2022 to 2025 period.
Besides the airport at the Tripura capital, the other airports are at Bhubaneswar, Varanasi, Amritsar, Trichy, Indore, Raipur, Calicut, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Patna, Madurai, Surat, Ranchi, Jodhpur, Chennai, Vijayawada, Vadodara, Bhopal, Tirupati, Hubli, Imphal, Udaipur, Dehradun and Rajahmundry.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that 11 airports consisting of select five airports -- Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Raipur and Trichy -- clubbed/paired with six smaller airports have been identified for their operation, management and development under Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Currently, there are 159 operational airports in the country.