“Employees’ interests will be protected”

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday reiterated that the existing airports at Hyderabad and Bangalore would continue to remain operational for general aviation, defence purposes, and national emergencies and that the interests of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) employees there would be fully protected.
Making a statement in the Lok Sabha after the nationwide “non-cooperation movement” by the AAI echoed in both Houses, leading to several adjournments, Minister of State for Civil Aviation (independent charge) Praful Patel said all reserved activities such as security, immigration, customs and air traffic control would continue to be under government control at the new airports.
Mr. Patel said under the Concession Agreement with the Joint Venture Companies, signed in 2004, the Government was obliged to close down all commercial civil aviation operations at the existing airports once the new airports were made operational. The Concession Agreements entail obligations of the Joint Venture Companies to construct, develop and maintain the airports, he said.
13/03/08 The Hindu

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