Mitsubishi eyes running of Sendai Airport

[TOKYO] Japan's biggest trading house, may bid for the rights to operate Sendai Airport in north-eastern Japan, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

Mitsubishi may try to team up with another Japanese company when the government starts an auction of the 30-year concession later this year, one of the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.

Japan is privatising operations of state-run airports as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to boost private investment in the nation's infrastructure.