Airports Authority of India has shortlisted five consultants for the selection of joint venture partners for the development of 35 non-metro airports and financial bids invited.

The decision was based on the techno-economic feasibility reports of foreign and Indian consultants on the preparation of master plans, identification of development works concerning terminal buildings and air side, land use plan and commercial development for enhancement of non-aeronautical revenue for these airports. Eleven consultants had expressed their interest out of which five were shortlisted.

The airports listed for modernisation were Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Guwahati, Jaipur, Udaipur, Trivandrum, Lucknow, Goa, Madurai, Mangalore, Agatti, Aurangabad, Khajuraho, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhopal, Indore, Nagpur, Vishakapatnam, Trichy, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Patna, Port Blair, Varanasi, Agartala, Dehradun, Imphal, Ranchi, Raipur, Agra, Chandigarh, Dimapur, Jammu and Pune.

For the remaining 10 non-metro airports, the techno-economic feasibility study is being done by the Airports Authority of India. The central government proposed to complete modernisation and expansion of these airports by 2010-2011.

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