Airports Authority of India and other private airport developers have targeted a capital outlay of approximately Rs 98,000 crore in the airport sector over the next five years for expansion and modification of existing terminals, new terminals, and runway strengthening.

Expansion/ Modernisation of airports is a continuous process and is undertaken by Airports Authority of India (AAI) or other airport operators from time to time depending on the availability of land, commercial viability, socio-economic considerations, traffic demand/ willingness of airlines to operate to/ from such airports.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed an agreement with the Uttar Pradesh government to operate and manage airports in Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Muirpur and Shravasti for a period of 30 years

The West Bengal government is developing an airport at Mayapur (Nadia district), where the reportedly world’s largest temple is being built on 700 acre land. Expansion works for Bagdogra and Andal airports are also afoot.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will commission a new terminal building at the Jabalpur airport in Madhya Pradesh by March next year. The entire project will cost Rs 412 crore. The new terminal building will be equipped with world-class passenger facilities and have the capacity to handle 500 passengers during peak hours.

Patna district administration has handed over 21 acre land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop the parallel taxi track (PTT) that will increase the frequency of the aircrafts at Jayprakash Narayan International Airport.

Port Blair’s Veer Savarkar International Airport is soon going to have a new terminal building. Considering the surge in passenger traffic, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken the work for the construction of a new integrated terminal building at an estimated cost of around Rs 707.73 crore.

The first phase of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport terminal, with a capacity of 11 million passengers per year, would be built where the old domestic terminal is now. The objective is to make sure that most flights have direct boarding via aerobridge.

The Airports Authority of India has completed the construction of Deoghar Airport which will be the second airport in Jharkhand after Ranchi. The airport is spread over 654 acre and constructed to handle Airbus A320 and A321 types of aircraft.