About the Hosts

Routes Asia 2027 will be hosted by Airports Authority of India.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament and came into being on 1st April 1995 by merging erstwhile National Airports Authority and International Airports Authority of India. The merger brought into existence a single Organization entrusted with the responsibility of creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure both on the ground and air space in the country.

AAI owns 134 Operational Airports, which include 26 International Airports (including 3 Civil Enclaves), 12 Custom Airports (including 4 Civil Enclaves) and 96 Domestic Airports (including 22 Civil Enclaves).

AAI provides air navigation services over 2.8 million square nautical miles of air space. During the year 2023-24, AAI at its airports (excluding JV and PPP Airports) handled aircraft movement of 1053.96 Thousand [International 103.75 & Domestic 950.21], Passengers handled 130.67 Million [International 15.09 & Domestic 115.58] and the Freight handled 688.38 thousand MT [International 338.85 & Domestic 349.53].

Further, all Indian airports taken together have handled aircraft movement of 2677.59 Thousand [International 425.17 & Domestic 2252.42], Passengers handled 376.43 Million [International 69.64 & Domestic 306.79] and the Freight handled 3365.68 thousand MT [International 2045.51 & Domestic 1320.17].

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