Waste bedevils our skies

Once upon a time, Indian airports were a monopoly under the Airports Authority of India. As a result of public outcry against their mismanagement, the government decided to take the Delhi and Mumbai metro airports out of the purview of AAI and privatise them. Similarly, new airports came up in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Cochin under the private sector. We now have world-class airport terminal buildings in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Cochin—where the public is more satisfied and AAI is enjoying better incentives by way of revenue share than it would have done otherwise.

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