India’s airport infrastructure is set for another major expansion, with the Centre planning to privatise 11 airports through five bundled public-private partnership (PPP) concessions, while Maharashtra has set December as the start date for construction of the long-pending Purandar airport near Pune.

The Centre’s proposed bundles will combine larger airports with smaller ones, allowing revenues from profitable airports to support the viability of smaller facilities. The five groups include Amritsar-Kangra, Varanasi-Gaya-Kushinagar, Bhubaneswar-Hubballi, Raipur-Aurangabad and Tiruchirappalli-Tirupati. Private concessionaires are expected to operate, manage and develop the airports for 50 years, while the Airports Authority of India will retain air-traffic control functions.

In Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said work on Purandar airport would begin in December. The project is expected to ease pressure on Pune’s existing airport and strengthen regional connectivity.

Together, the developments point to a broader aviation infrastructure push, combining private participation with new capacity. For India’s construction and logistics sectors, the expansion could create a sustained pipeline of airport-led infrastructure opportunities.