Ground handling all set to take off

Soon the whole range of ground handling services at airports including aircraft handling, aircraft servicing, cleaning, loading and unloading, emplaning and deplaning of the passengers from the aircraft along with cargo handling will change.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revised the eligibility criteria for agencies, which undertake ground-handling services at different airports. Even the number of agencies engaged in ground handling services at each airport will increase.
The agencies would be selected through a competitive bidding process. Necessary amendments have been made in the Airports Authority of India Regulations (2000) to accommodate the changes.
Currently, ground handling at the airports is provided by AAI, Air India and any other agency licensed by the AAI. Under the revised policy, all metropolitan airports can either have the airport operator itself or its joint venture (JV) partner providing for ground handling services.
03/10/07 Manisha Singhal/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Oct 2007