New Delhi [India], 9 February (ANI): The Airports Authority of India's (AAI) Kolkata Airport has undertaken the work of construction of new Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower and technical block at an estimated cost of Rs 458 crores, said AAI in a press release on Tuesday.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said his ministry has set a target of operationalising 100 unserved and underserved airports and starting at least 1,000 air routes under the UDAN scheme.
Centre targets at least 1,000 routes under UDAN scheme: Hardeep Singh Puri
Addressing a press conference at the BJP s state office Kushabhau Thakre Parisar here over the Union Budget 2021-22, Puri also said that domestic flight services from Bilaspur town in Chhattisgarh will begin from March 1 under the regional connectivity scheme
PTI | February 8, 2021 | Updated 07:57 IST
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said his ministry has set a target of operationalising 100 unserved and underserved airports and starting at least 1,000 air routes under the UDAN scheme. He also said that privatisation is required in the field of aviation as it is not the government s specialisation to run airports.
Shares of Adani Enterprises hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 683, up 7 per cent on the BSE, in the intra-day trade on Monday after Adani Airports completed acquisition of 23.5 per cent stake in Mumbai Airport. Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL), the flagship holding company of Adani Group for its airports business and a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, has acquired 23.5 per cent equity stake, i.e. 282 million equity shares of Rs 10 of Mumbai International Airport, from ACSA Global and Bid Services Division (Mauritius) for Rs 1,685.25 crore, Adani Enterprises said in a regulatory filing. MIAL is engaged in the business of development, construction and operation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. This acquisition forms part of the transaction pursuant to which AAHL proposes to acquire controlling interest in MIAL, it added.