New Delhi: Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the flagship firm of Adani Group, has committed an investment of Rs 10,000 crore for airport business by 2026, a company top official has said.
AEL's arm Adani Airports Ltd had won bids for six airports recently. The government last month said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued letters of award for handing over Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangaluru airports to Adani Enterprises Ltd after the Cabinet nod.
"We have committed roughly about Rs 10,000 crore investment over a period of seven years for the airports business," said Jugeshinder Singh, chief financial officer of AEL, after declaration of the company's earnings on Thursday.
He said that of the 10,000 crore, the company will make an upfront payment of Rs 3,600 crore for six airport projects and will a capital expenditure of about Rs 6,000 crore over 7 years. He said the three airport projects will start generating revenues from April 2020.
Adani Airports Ltd had won bids for 6 airports. The government in 2018 had accorded 'in-principle' approval for leasing of six airports of the Airport Authority of Indai (AAI) -- Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Mangaluru and Thiruvanathapuram -- for operation, management and development through a public-private partnership mode.
However, last month, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said the government still has to take a call on Thiruvananthapuram airport.
On July 24 during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, he said a decision has been taken to proceed with privatisation of three of these airports but as far as the airport in Kerala is concerned, "the chief minister has written to not
privatise this".