Adani Group: Navi Mumbai International Airport has passed the Passenger Simulation Test. Now it is completely ready for flight movement from December 25. This project has been jointly built by Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) and City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), in which AAHL has 74 percent stake and CIDCO has 26 percent stake.

AAHL’s plan for the next 5 years

A Bloomberg report has now revealed that Adani Group is planning to spend up to $15 billion to increase the capacity of its airports to 200 million passengers every year in the next five years.

AAHL preparing to launch IPO

The purpose of this expansion is to strengthen its hold in India’s rapidly growing aviation market as the company is preparing to list its airport business. Other airports that Adani Group company AAHL operates in the country include Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and Navi Mumbai International Airport, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Guwahati, Mangaluru and Thiruvananthapuram. There is also a plan to upgrade their capacity.

India’s air passenger traffic is increasing rapidly

According to the report, about 70 percent of the expansion cost to increase the capacity of airports will be done from debt funds, while the remaining amount will come from equity. India’s air passenger traffic is expected to more than double to 300 million every year by 2030 and accordingly Adani Group wants to handle about two-thirds of the demand.

This upgradation also strengthens the company’s plan to launch the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its airports unit. Most of the upgradation will be done in the six airports that Adani took over in 2020 during the second round of India’s airport privatization. Earlier these were operated by the Airports Authority of India.

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Adani airports holdings limited: Adani Airport, a subsidiary company and the largest private airport operator in India, Adani Airports Holdings Limited (AAHL) has said to raise a sum of $ 750 million on 3 June 2025.

Money will be used in this work

This fund will be used in payment of 400 million dollars loans taken earlier. With the remaining amount, the remaining amount will be done to upgrade the infrastructure of Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram Airports and to increase the scope of services like retail and food outlets. The company revealed this effort to raise funds in a regulatory filing. The company said that this money will not only increase the financial capacity of the company, but it will also improve the experience of the passengers.

AAHL CEO Arun Bansal said, “The trust of many big banks at the global level underlines India’s ability and long term value of Aviation Infrastructure of India. AAHL is on its own path to give customers the best experience in its airport network, take advantage of technology for uninterrupted operations and prioritize stability and community participation. ”

The responsibility of these airports was above Celeby

After the Turkish ground handling company Celibi Airport Services departs from India, Aahl Airport is trying to increase its scope of ground handling business and this announcement of raising funds from the company is in line with their strategy. Celebi Aviation used to manage ground services in nine airports in India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Cochin, Hyderabad and Goa. However, the Government of India canceled the security clearance of the company after Turkey enthusiastically supported Turkey during ‘Operation Sindoor’.

Many new opportunities in front of Aahl

Here, according to the aviation policy, the airports of the country, which have more than one million annual passengers, need at least three ground handling service providers. While two are required at small airports. In this sequence, now Aahl wants to bid for ground handling contracts at the busiest airports in India and is also preparing to create a new company in this regard so that the maximum reach in the aviation sector can be increased.

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