The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has officially handed over the Mangalore International Airport to the Adani Group on lease for a period of 50 years in accordance to concession agreement executed on February 14, 2020. With this development, Adani Group has now won the rights over six major airports namely Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur, Guwahati and Mangalore.