Blame game on Shamshabad snag

Hyderabad: The spanking new Rs 2,500-crore Rajiv Gandhi International Airport still awaits its first commercial flight as the stalemate over its date of opening continues.
Now, a game of passing the buck has begun among contending parties.
Civil aviation authorities in New Delhi say that they are ready to give the green signal for operations the moment the conflicting parties come to them and inform that they have amicably settled their differences. But the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) management asserts it is for the airlines and the two ground handling agencies to whom the contract has been given to sort out the dispute.
Airline representatives are engaged in talks with ground handling agencies over the tariffs issue. But the talks are at the level of medium ranking managers.
But analysts said the issue of ground handling charge is just a ruse while the real issue is of keeping Begumpet airport open.
20/03/08 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Mar 2008, New Mar 2008