GMR Infrastructure, the company which won the contract to modernise the Delhi and Hyderabad airports, is planning to come out with an IPO next week.
Congress workers said they had planned to show black flags to Modi during his visit in protest against the alleged anti-people polices of the Centre.
Move is aimed at bringing private operators to run airports.
At present, the Mactan Cebu International Airport can handle seven million passengers a year
Speaking at the inauguration and laying of foundation schemes of various schemes, Modi said, Leh and Ladakh will also be benefited by this.
Bengaluru and Delhi airports had the fastest growth in passenger traffic in 2016 among global peers.
Large quantities of liquefied natural gas will start flowing into the country from the Dahej Terminal in Gujarat when it becomes operational from January next year, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday.
In contrast to its global peers, a lion's share of Delhi airport's growth came from domestic flyers, which, at 46.6 million, makes up for 73 per cent of the total number of passengers.
Prithviraj Chavan will inaugurate the elevated road linking the western express highway to T2 on Wednesday morning.
UP government renews proposal for one at Jewar, 100 km from Delhi
The expansion of the terminal is expected to raise the annual passenger capacity of the airport to 12.5 million.
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The airports, which have been shortlisted from 50 cities and towns in remote areas and various unconnected regions across the country, would come up at Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh), Kishangarh (Rajasthan), Jharsuguda (Odisha), Hubli and Belgaum (Karnataka), Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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From a dismal Airport Service Quality ranking of 101 in 2006, it topped the list in 2016.
New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports are among world's best.
A stable government at the Centre and its plans to set up smart cities has revived investors' interest in the country with Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore set to emerge as hot investment destinations in 2015.
The venue that will stage the opening World Cup game in Brazil in June is almost complete, officials said on Monday, even though work has not restarted on the collapsed roof that killed two workers in November.
Indigo, the largest player in the domestic aviation space, cannot afford to ignore new entrant Vistara.
While sale of stake in airport business and adjacent land will help lower debt, improvement in power business is crucial.
Announcing this at a conference on Communication, Navigation and Surveillance systems, AAI Member (Operations) G K Chaukiyal said that the low-cost airports would be built over 10 years in an effort to reduce the cost of operation.
'You want to be a team that wins the game irrespective of which stadium you are playing in and what the weather conditions may be on that day,' says the outgoing president of IndiGo as he looks back on his eventful tenure.
Private airports are much better but because of poor regulation, the tariffs have shot up.
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By 2025, most of India's large cities would require a second airport, and Mumbai may need a third airport by 2030.
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Gujarat has topped with a score of 71.14% on ease of doing business list.
The CMD's focus on raising employee morale and cutting costs is paying off. The airline's operating losses have shrunk and earnings are looking up
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