The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will commence operations from Halwara Airport in Punjab from June 2020. Meanwhile, the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) is expected to complete the land acquisition process for the project by end of January 2020. The land is being acquired in Aittiana village, Raikot subdivision of Ludhiana district.

The boundary wall around the acquired area will be ready by March 2020. AAI is trying to get portable cabins, temporary structures for departure, check-in and arrival halls for passengers. Those will be installed at Halwara after the boundary wall comes up. AAI has started work and allotted tenders for soil testing to develop the airport design and environment impact assessment report.

On 12 June 2019, the Punjab government and AAI had signed an agreement to develop a new civil international air terminal at IAF Station in Halwara. The project will be implemented through a joint venture (JV) company, which has been formed with the majority stake of 51 percent of AAI and 49 percent of the state government through the Greater Ludhiana Development Authority.

As per the agreement, AAI will bear all capital expenditures for development of the new airport, while the state government will provide 135.54 acre land free of cost and free of all encumbrances for the project. The JV company will bear all expenditure of operation, management and maintenance, including repairs.