Adani Airports Unveils 655+ Acre Airport City Projects

Adani Airport City Limited (AACL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), India’s largest private airport operator, has unveiled a bold plan to create integrated airport cities across its network, combining hospitality, retail, entertainment, convention, and commercial infrastructure in seamlessly connected, walkable urban districts.

The initial phase of the development will cost about ₹20,000 crore. Approximately 22 million square feet would be created in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, and Guwahati.

The proposal includes a land bank of over 655 acres spread across six airports in five states, including nearly 440 acres in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai alone. Almost 70% of the projected investment would be concentrated in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, highlighting the Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s (MMR) status as India’s premier commercial, financial, and aviation gateway.

The developments are intended to be integrated, walkable urban districts where visitors, businesses, and residents can access hotels, offices, retail, dining, entertainment, and convention facilities in environments that are seamlessly integrated with airport, Metro, and city transportation infrastructure.

Mr. Jeet Adani, Director of AAHL, stated, “Around the world, the most successful airport districts have become centers of commerce, tourism, and urban growth.” As India’s aviation business grows, airports have the opportunity to produce value that extends beyond aviation. We are developing a network of integrated urban destinations in which airports serve as catalysts for investment, employment, improved passenger experiences, and the long-term growth of the cities they serve.”

The development draws inspiration from globally successful airport districts such as Singapore’s Changi, Dubai International, Amsterdam’s Schiphol, and Seoul’s Incheon, bringing an airport-led development model to India’s fast developing aviation market.

“These developments are being designed with leading global design and engineering partners and informed by emerging trends in hospitality, retail, workplaces and entertainment,” Adani said. “Our objective is to create vibrant districts that combine connectivity with experience, generating economic activity, employment and long-term value for the communities around them.”

Unlike traditional real estate developments, the Airport City strategy focuses on connectivity and experience. The districts are designed to be natural extensions of the airport ecology, rather than isolated projects. By combining hotels, offices, retail, entertainment, and convention facilities in a single master-planned setting, the developments want to create dynamic, walkable destinations that contribute to the economic viability of the surrounding communities.

As part of the plan, AAHL has secured hotel management agreements with IHG Hotels & Resorts for five luxury and premium properties, including the launch of the Kimpton brand in India. The organization is also collaborating with top local and international partners in hotel, food and beverage, retail, and entertainment.

Sustainability is a critical component of the plan. The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has pre-certified all Airport City developments as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold, indicating an emphasis on resource efficiency, sustainable design, walkability, and high-quality public areas.

At the launch event today, AACL felicitated its partners in master planning and architecture, including Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), Benoy, and Znera Space; construction, design, and build, including Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Tata Projects Ltd, and PSP Projects Ltd; and consulting and project management, including CBRE, JLL, and Cushman & Wakefield.

Adani Airports Holdings Limited

Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) is India’s largest operator of public-private partnership airports, committed to reshaping the country’s aviation landscape through creative, sustainable, and customer-centric solutions. Adani Airports is a subsidiary of the Adani Group’s main firm, Adani Enterprises Ltd., and intends to expand the company’s goal as a global integrated leader in infrastructure and transportation. AAHL operates eight airports: Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, and the recently completed Navi Mumbai airport.

AAHL aims to provide world-class passenger experiences, increase connectivity, and promote economic progress. AAHL is defining the future of air travel by committing to operational excellence, technology advancement, and stakeholder involvement, as well as contributing to India’s global aviation sector. As part of its larger goal to reimagine airport-led urban development in India, AAHL is creating integrated, hospitality-led Airport City destinations that combine hotel, retail, entertainment, commercial, and lifestyle infrastructure around important aviation hubs.

About Adani Enterprises Ltd.

Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) is the flagship company of the Adani Group, one of India’s largest corporate entities. Over the years, Adani Enterprises has concentrated on developing emergent infrastructure firms, contributing to national development, and divesting them into independent publicly traded entities. With our solid businesses such as Adani Ports & SEZ, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Power, Adani Green Energy, Adani Total Gas, and Adani Wilmar, we have contributed to India’s self-reliance. This has also resulted in huge profits for our stockholders over the last three decades.

The next generation of its strategic business investments will focus on green hydrogen ecosystems, airport management, data centers, roads, and primary industries such as copper and petrochem, all of which have considerable potential for value creation.