International Airports in India

 

International Airports in India

 

According to The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), tourism generated $194 bn or 6.8% of India's GDP in 2019 and supported 39.80 Mn jobs which is 8 % of its total employment. The sector is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 6.9% to $460 bn by 2028 which is 9.9% of GDP.

 

India has witnessed phenomenal growth of 18 to 20% in the aviation sector in the last three years. The Government has launched a new initiative of NABH Nirman (NextGen Airports for Bharat), wherein systems and processes are being geared up to enhance airport capacity.

 

There are 24 international airports in India. Here is the list:

1.      City: Imphal**

Airport Name: Imphal Airport

Owned By: AAI

2.      City: Guwahati

Airport Name: Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Owned By: AAI

3.      City: Kolkata

Airport Name: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Owned By: AAI

4.      City: Bhubaneshwar**

Airport Name: Biju Patnaik Airport

Owned By: AAI

5.      City: Amritsar

Airport Name:  Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport

Owned By: AAI

6.      City: Lucknow*

Airport Name: Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport

Owned By: AAI

7.      City: Varanasi*

Airport Name: Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport

Owned By: AAI

 

8.      City: Delhi

Airport Name: Indira Gandhi International Airport

Owned By: GMR Group (54%), AAI (26%), Fraport & Eraman Malaysia (10% each)

 

9.      City: Jaipur

Airport Name: Jaipur International Airport

Owned By: AAI

 

 

10.   City: Ahmedabad

Airport Name: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

Owned By: AAI

11.   City: Mumbai

Airport Name: Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Owned By: GVK led consortium and AAI

12.   City: Nagpur

Airport Name: Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Owned By: AAI

13.   City: Chennai

Airport Name: Chennai International Airport

Owned By: AAI

14.   City: Bengaluru

Airport Name: Kempegowda International Airport

Owned By: BIAL

 

15.   City: Cochin

Airport Name: Cochin International Airport

Owned By: CIAL

 

16.   City: Goa

Airport Name: Goa International Airport

Owned By: AAI

17.   City: Hyderabad

Airport Name: GMR Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Owned By: GHIAL

18.   City: Thiruvananthapuram

Airport Name: Trivandrum International Airport

Owned By: AAI

19.   City: Calicut

Airport Name: Calicut International Airport

Owned By: AAI

20.   City: Mangalore*

Airport Name: Mangalore International Airport

Owned By: AAI

21.   City: Tiruchirappalli*

Airport Name: Tiruchirappalli International Airport

Owned By: AAI

22.   City: Coimbatore*

Airport Name:  Coimbatore International Airport

Owned By: AAI

23.   City: Vijayawada***

Airport Name: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao-Amaravati Airport

Owned By: AAI

24. City: Port Blair

Airport Name: Vir Savarkar International Airport

Owned By: AAI

 

*Five airports were granted international status in October 2012

**Two airports were granted international status in October 2013

***Vijayawada airport was granted international status in May 2017

Source: Wiki