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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is an organization working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation, India is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation in India....
 that manages all the airports in India. The AAI manages and operates 126 airports including 11 international airports, 89 domestic airports and 26 civil enclaves. The corporate headquarters(CHQ) are at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan

This is the building where the Corporate Headquarters of Airports Authority of India is located. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is co-located in the same building....
, Safdarjung Airport
Safdarjung Airport

Safdarjung Airport is an airport in New Delhi, India, in the Safdarjung . It used to be known as Willingdon Airfield and served as Delhi's main airport before the construction of the Indira Gandhi International Airport....
, New Delhi
New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ....
. V.P Agrawal is the current chairman of the AAI.

ently, it is owned 100% by the Government of India.

of AAI's revenue is generated from landing/parking fees and fees collected by providing Air Traffic Control
Air traffic control

Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based Air traffic controller who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other support for pilots when able....
 services to aircraft over the Indian airspace
Airspace

Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a particular country on top of its territory and territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere....
.

Only 16 of the 126 airfields operated by the AAI are profitable while the other airports incur heavy losses due to under utilisation and poor management.






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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is an organization working under the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation, India is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation in India....
 that manages all the airports in India. The AAI manages and operates 126 airports including 11 international airports, 89 domestic airports and 26 civil enclaves. The corporate headquarters(CHQ) are at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan

This is the building where the Corporate Headquarters of Airports Authority of India is located. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is co-located in the same building....
, Safdarjung Airport
Safdarjung Airport

Safdarjung Airport is an airport in New Delhi, India, in the Safdarjung . It used to be known as Willingdon Airfield and served as Delhi's main airport before the construction of the Indira Gandhi International Airport....
, New Delhi
New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ....
. V.P Agrawal is the current chairman of the AAI.

History


The AAI was formed on 1 April 1995 by merging the National Airports Authority (NAA) and the International Airports Authority of India (IAAI), to create a centralized organization that could effectively manage both the international and domestic airports. Presently, it is owned 100% by the Government of India.

Functions


Revenue

Most of AAI's revenue is generated from landing/parking fees and fees collected by providing Air Traffic Control
Air traffic control

Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based Air traffic controller who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other support for pilots when able....
 services to aircraft over the Indian airspace
Airspace

Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a particular country on top of its territory and territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere....
.

Only 16 of the 126 airfields operated by the AAI are profitable while the other airports incur heavy losses due to under utilisation and poor management. .

Privatisation of Airports


The AAI was involved in a tussle with the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation, India is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation in India....
 over the issue of privatization of its two most profitable airports, Delhi Airport and Mumbai Airport. The Government of India handed over these two airports to private companies for the purpose of modernization in 2006. The privatization for Mumbai has been handed to GVK Group and for Delhi to the GMR Group.

The airports which have been privatized are :

  • Hyderabad International Airport
  • Bangalore International Airport
  • Delhi International Airport
  • Mumbai International Airport
  • Cochin International Airport


International Projects

The AAI has been involved in various consultancy projects with Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
, Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
, Maldives
Maldives

The Maldives , or Maldive Islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a Atolls of the Maldivess stretching south of India's Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea of Indian Ocean....
, Nauru
Nauru

Nauru , officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in the Micronesian Pacific Ocean....
 and Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
 The AAI also provides trained personnel for operation, maintenance and management of airports in these countries

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