The Government of India plans to construct second airport in major cities of the country. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is requesting state governments to reserve land for building the second airport in major cities. It is estimated to have at least 2,000 acres of land reserved for the construction of the airport.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation is working on the idea of allowing passengers to check-in based on biometric authentication.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to set up Greenfield airport at Dagadarthi

Plans to set up 50 regional airports over the next three years to enhance air transportation. Ten of these airports would be ready by the end of this year. The cost of each of these airports would be about Rs. 50-100 crore.

The aviation ministry has signed an MoU with Maharashtra Government to facilitate regional air connectivity by making it affordable by enacting different concessions offered by the Union government. The work on Shirdi airport is on and commercial operations are likely by November 2016. The other airports that will be ready include the ones at Sholapur, Jalgaon, Gondia, Nanded, Akola and Kolhapur.

The Government of Telangana is keen to build a greenfield airport in Kothagudem spread over 1,500 acre land in Khammam district. Land acquisition process has started. Ministry of Civil Aviation final clearance can pave the way for this project

A greenfield airport is planned near Bhiwadi in Alwar district, Rajasthan. Site clearance was accorded subject to certain conditions, was given in November 2015. Detailed Project Report (DPR) would lead to further development once the economic viability is established.

The Centre has agreed to fund the upgradation of seven airports in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The ministry of civil aviation has agreed to fund a Rs 350-crore upgrade of airports in the state.

Government of India has granted in-principle approval for setting up of 14 Greenfield airports namely, Mopa in Goa; Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra; Shimoga, Gulbarga,Hassan and Bijapur in Karnataka; Kannur in Kerala; Pakyong in Sikkim; Datia/Gwalior (Cargo) in Madhya Pradesh; Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh; Karaikal in Puducherry; and Dholera in Gujarat.