Airports Authority of India inks pact with UP government to operate 5 airports

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The Airports Authority of India has signed an operation and management agreement to operate five airports owned by the UP government for a period of 30 years.

• These five airports are Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Mirpur and Shravasti.

• The airport will be developed by the state government and will be operated and managed by the Airports Authority of India as a service provider.

• In the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a letter of agreement (MoU) was exchanged between Additional Chief Secretary of Civil Aviation Department SP Goyal and AAI President AK Pathak.

• The communication navigation monitoring services will also be provided by the Airports Authority of India, for which the state government will enter into a separate agreement.

• After the MoU, now the process of licensing of these airports will be done and soon all the five airports will start air service.

• About Airports Authority of India 

• Airports Authority of India is an organisation/authority functioning under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.

• The Airports Authority of India (AAI) manages a total of 125 airports which include 11 international airports, 8 customs airports, 81 domestic airports and 25 civil enclaves in defence airfields.

• Established- 1st April, 1995

• President- Sanjeev Kumar

• Headquarters - New Delhi