Despite MIAL setback, Adani group keep airport business dream intact

Airport players say they are expecting the Adanis to make aggressive bids for the six airports

The Adani group may have been checkmated by GVK in its bid to acquire 23.5 per cent in Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), but the Gujarat-based conglomerate, with a significant presence in power, ports, real estate, agriculture and defence, has made its intention clear: It now wants to be an aggressive player in airports too.

A few days ago, the group bid for all the six airports put up for privatisation by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), locking horns with the big boys in the airport infrastructure business. 

The airports are Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvanthapuram and Mangaluru.

In its airport venture,