Episode

Adani’s big plan to own Indian aviation: invest in everything but an airline

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Daybreak
Published
May 21, 2026
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Summary

Adani Group has spent the last decade building India's largest private airport empire. But owning nine airports turned out to be only the beginning. From aircraft maintenance to pilot training to ground handling, the group is now reaching into every corner of the aviation business. Airlines operating at Adani airports are already feeling the squeeze — on pricing, on vendor choice, on the terms of doing business. India has never had a single player control this much of the aviation stack. Are the regulators keeping up? Tune in. Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.