Adani Group plans to speculate Rs 1,000 crore in its airport enterprise over the following 5 years, betting on the sustained progress of India’s aviation sector, which is predicted to broaden at 15-16 per cent yearly, a gaggle govt stated.
“On the airport aspect, will probably be Rs 1,000 crore over the following 5 years,” stated Jeet Adani, director of Adani Airports and second son of billionaire Gautam Adani. P.T.I. Forward of the graduation of economic operations at Navi Mumbai Worldwide Airport on December 25.
Navi Mumbai Worldwide Airport would be the newest addition to Adani Group’s rising airport portfolio, additional strengthening its presence in India’s aviation infrastructure.
The airport is being developed by Navi Mumbai Worldwide Airport Restricted (NMIAL), during which Adani Group has a 74% stake, and is scheduled to start business operations on December 25.
Constructed at an preliminary price of Rs 19,650 crore, it can have the capability to deal with 20 million passengers per yr within the first section, with plans to broaden to 90 million passengers over time, easing capability constraints at Mumbai’s current airport and supporting long-term progress in air site visitors within the area.
Adani Group acquired Mumbai Airport from GVK Group.
Adani Group operates six airports in Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur and Mangaluru, apart from the 2 in Mumbai.
The portfolio contains metropolitan and regional airports, and the group plans to actively bid for upcoming airport privatizations.
“As a passionate believer, a bullish believer on this trade, we will probably be 100% very aggressive within the subsequent spherical of bidding for all 11 (airports),” he stated.
As for investments in upkeep, restore and operations (MRO) and flight simulation coaching heart (FSTC) divisions, he stated, “It is a bit of early to say as a result of we’re nonetheless finalizing our long-term technique and placing numbers to it.” However, he added, “On the finish of the day, we’re deeply concerned in it and we need to proceed to develop our experience and depth.” Adani stated India’s aviation sector, which incorporates airports and airways, might maintain mid-teens progress for the following decade or extra.
Pointing to the low variety of air vacationers per capita in comparison with China, he stated, “India’s total aviation trade might proceed to develop at 15-16% year-on-year, mid-teens, for the following 10-15 years.” “It implies that even when we attain China, the entire sector must develop a number of occasions as a lot because the cities.” He stated the expansion runway is long-term. “Meaning we now have a really lengthy progress trajectory. And all indicators level to it trying prefer it’s executed.”
Highlighting the capability constraints at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport (CSMIA), Adani stated, “Mumbai Airport has been provide constrained since 2016 and has not been capable of meet the extra demand coming in,” including, “With the opening of Navi Mumbai Airport, we are going to lastly see some aid.” Terming the commissioning of Navi Mumbai Worldwide Airport as a landmark second, he stated, “From an Indian aviation perspective, this can be a essential second. Firstly, an asset of this measurement is coming on-line and secondly, we aren’t stopping at this measurement. We nonetheless have 4 occasions extra progress left.”
Adani Group, by its airport division Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), is India’s largest airport infrastructure operator. It controls a good portion of India’s air site visitors, accounting for about 23% of passenger site visitors and 33% of cargo site visitors nationwide.
In parallel, AAHL is investing in capability upgrades and phased expansions of current amenities and increasing ancillary providers equivalent to non-aviation retail and city-side growth, reflecting its efforts to remodel arduous infrastructure into diversified income streams.
“We’ve got separated two companies, one is airport infrastructure and the opposite is plane providers enterprise. So this might embrace dual-use, protection and civil,” Adani stated.
Within the earlier privatization spherical in 2019, Adani Group acquired six airports – Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur and Mangaluru, and in 2021, it acquired Mumbai Airport from GVK Group.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has recognized 11 airports, together with six smaller ones, to be operated below the public-private partnership mannequin, and the Nationwide Monetization Pipeline plans to lease out 25 airports operated by the Airports Authority of India between 2022 and 2025.
issued – December 19, 2025 1:28 PM IST
