Hong Kong, Sept. 12 -- With the new airport at Navi Mumbai at the heart of a recent corporate battle, more delays to construction are forecast.
Almost 12 years after the two main airports in the country were privatized during the rule of the former UPA government, a new aggressive player has entered the airport space in India: the Ahemdabad-headquartered energy to aerospace and shipping conglomerate, Adani Group.
In 2019, it won the rights to operate six airports by aggressively outbidding rivals. But due to COVID-19, it has recently sought to delay the handover of at least three of them. It also lost Jewar airport near Delhi to the Zurich Airport led consortium.
Now Adani has set its eyes on the jewel in the country's airport crown, the...