Aviation ministry backs AAI right to lease city-side land

New Delhi: The state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) has proposed to lease its city-side land at nearly 35 non-metro airports instead of following a public-private partnership pattern suggested by the finance ministry, which seeks to improve non-aeronautical infrastructure along with private firms.
India's largest airport operator has got the backing of civil aviation ministry which is of the view that airport agency has the right to lease its land under AAI Act. The differences over infrastructure development around the airport between the civil aviation ministry and other government departments including the Planning Commission have delayed the city-side works at smaller airports such as Lucknow, Dehradun, Vishakhapatnam and Ahmedabad.

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