As many as 94 aerodromes owned and managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) were in losses in the last financial year, according to the Government. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said the AAI has taken steps to enhance revenue and reduce losses.
“AAI owns and manages 129 airports out of which 94 were running in loss in the financial year 2017-18.
“The losses are mainly due to low revenue generation to meet the total expenditure of the respective airports,” he said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said that incidents of theft at airports have decreased.
There were 28 cases of theft “reported/ registered” across 17 airports in 2018 till June, as per data provided by him in a written reply. This compares to 59 and 64 such cases in 2017 and 2016, respectively. In another written reply, Sinha said that no unique identification number for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) till date.