Jaipur International Airport receives Aerodrome licence from DGCA
Jaipur International Airport Limited has received the Aerodrome licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) following which the airport has embarked on an expansion drive, a company official said.
Earlier, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) was the licence holder. Now the private player, which is operating the Jaipur airport since October 2021, has become the new licence holder.
The licence is given to an airport operator for ensuring complete management of the airport in accordance with the concession agreement.
"We have received the Aerodrome license for Jaipur International Airport Limited (JIAL). Now the complete management of the airport lies with us in accordance with the concession agreement. Major customer-centric changes have been made at the airport and now we are looking for expansion," said a senior official of JIAL.
"The airport management has conducted an extensive survey at Jaipur airport which revealed that present passenger traffic of 50 lakh pe