He said that Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia's letter stating that no proposal has been received for a greenfield airport in Cachar district has been wrongly understood by some people.
Sector 29 is being developed for an Apparel Park project which will house several firms dealing in readymade garments, according to the officials
GMR won the bid by offering to pay Rs 303 per passenger fee
The group would develop, maintain and operate the airport for 40 years, extendable by another 20 years via international competitive bidding
Under the new financial model, the concession fee given by the airport operator to the concessioning authority will be based on a "per passenger aeronautical model"
In January this year, it was rumoured that BAPL was in talks with private carriers Spicejet and GoAir to start operations