Guruprasad Mohapatra, chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI). Mumbai: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has received three and four bids, respectively, for the management of Ahmedabad and Jaipur airports after the state-run airport developer made changes to bidding conditions to make it more attractive, AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said. “The bids will be evaluated next week,” Mohapatra said in an interview on Friday, adding that the eligibility criteria of all bidders will also be evaluated before the management of operations at these airports is handed over to private firms. The government’s efforts to partially privatize the Ahmedabad and Jaipur airports hit a rough patch last year after AAI’s tender for privatizing terminal operations at these airports failed to attract bidders because of the stringent terms and conditions of the contract. Prospective bidders were reluctant to take part in the bidding then as the scope to generate revenue from only airport terminals seemed low, said another senior AAI official, on the condition of anonymity.

Source: Mint April 15, 2018 23:15 UTC