Permit foreign airlines or face agitation: KMCC

Kozhikode: Peeved at the delay in allowing foreign airlines to operate from the Karipur international airport here, a Gulf-based pro-League organisation on Thursday threatened to go on an agitation if the Centre failed to meet the demand by October 15.
"We will observe fast in front of the houses of Union Ministers and MPS representing the state to realise our genuine demand," office-bearers of the Jeddah Chapter of Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre told a press meet here.
Even after the airport was granted the international status over an year back, the Centre was not allowing foreign airlines to operate from the terminal, they said, adding national carrier Air India, operating a majority of the aircraft, was also frequently putting the passengers to hardship.
Despite taking out protest march to the airport, picketing the Air India office and sending representations to the Civil Aviation Ministry, nothing had materialised and the passengers continued to face difficulties to reach their destinations in the Gulf, they said.
27/09/07 PTI/Economic Times

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