CIAL and State IT Mission to join hands

Kochi: Cochin International Airport Ltd. (CIAL) and the State IT Mission will come together to promote growth in their respective sectors, Shriram Bharath, Managing Director of CIAL, said here on Thursday.
At a press conference, Mr. Bharath said an informal understanding had been reached between them.
The mission’s objective of promoting the growth of IT and related industry in the State go hand in hand with the airport’s goal of wooing more airlines and passengers, he said.
The hypothesis behind the association is that the growth of IT industry will lead to an influx of IT professionals and those from related areas to Kochi and other parts of the State, which the airport can exploit to its advantage. Besides, it will also benefit the company’s own information technology park, he said.
Mr. Bharath recollected how the airlines asked for a potential passenger base while he approached them for connectivity to Europe and America from Kochi.
27/10/07 The Hindu

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