Financial Express
Prasanta Sahu
20 October 2026

The Centre may offer Chennai and Kolkata airports for development under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the next phase, aiming to upgrade their facilities to match those at other major metro airports, sources said.

Except for Chennai and Kolkata, which Airports Authority of India (AAI) directly owns and operates, other major airports in the country are operated by private players: Delhi (GMR Group), Hyderabad (GMR), Mumbai (Adani Group) and Bengaluru (Fairfax)...

Chennai, Kolkata airports may be offered to private operators - Airlines/Aviation News | The Financial Express | 20 October 2026

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