AAI invites proposals for privatisation of Ahmedabad Jaipur airports
NEW DELHI . Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Guruprasad Mohaptara said the process of partial privatisation is expected to be completed by March.
AAI plans to partially privatise two of its key airports -- Ahmedabad and Jaipur -- by this fiscal for which proposals have already been invited from the interested parties.
Under the plan, which also involves relocation of workforce and equipment, the terminal operations at the two airports would be handed over to private players, Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Guruprasad Mohaptara said on Monday. Significantly, AAI had in the past also proposed to hand over these two airports to private operators but had to shelve the plan due to manpower and revenue sharing issues. "We essentially are trying to hand over terminal management of Ahmedabad and Jaipur airport to a private operator. There we are expecting to relocate all our manpower and existing equipment," Mohapatra told reporters.
He said the process of partial privatisation is expected to be completed by March. The AAI had invited Request for Proposal (RFP) from bidders for operation and maintenance of "select areas" of the Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports late last year. The bids are to be opened on March 8. DnaindiaNEW DELHI . Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Guruprasad Mohaptara said the process of partial privatisation is expected to be completed by March.
AAI plans to partially privatise two of its key airports -- Ahmedabad and Jaipur -- by this fiscal for which proposals have already been invited from the interested parties.
Under the plan, which also involves relocation of workforce and equipment, the terminal operations at the two airports would be handed over to private players, Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Guruprasad Mohaptara said on Monday. Significantly, AAI had in the past also proposed to hand over these two airports to private operators but had to shelve the plan due to manpower and revenue sharing issues. "We essentially are trying to hand over terminal management of Ahmedabad and Jaipur airport to a private operator. There we are expecting to relocate all our manpower and existing equipment," Mohapatra told reporters.
He said the process of partial privatisation is expected to be completed by March. The AAI had invited Request for Proposal (RFP) from bidders for operation and maintenance of "select areas" of the Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports late last year. The bids are to be opened on March 8. Dnaindia