Adani Group takes over operational control of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has handed over the operational control of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati to Adani Group on October 08, 2021.
This means that the operations, management and development responsibilities of the airport will now be in the hands of the Adani Group.
It must be noted that in 2018, the Central Government had listed group of six airports for privatisation of its operations, management and development (OMD) for a period of 50 years. These airports included Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangalore, Jaipur, Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati.
The Adani Group had emerged as the successful bidder for all these six airports.