Understanding the Indian Way of Airport Privatization: Case of Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi

Abstract

Since the 1990s, private sector participation through the Public-Private Partnerships, PPPs model has started in airport construction, modernization, and operation in India. Major international airports like IGIA, Indira Gandhi at Delhi, CSIA Chhatrapati Shivaji in Mumbai, Cochin at Kochi, etc., are successful examples of PPPs implementation. This research focuses on the Indian approach of airport privatization, with a specific case study of the privatization of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi. This study examines the motivations, processes, outcomes, and associated with the privatization of IGIA.