Four global players submit tenders for 26 airports

New Delhi: The aviation sector is set to witness a new influx of foreign players, at least at the ground level.
According to sources in the civil aviation ministry, four international ground handlers, Menzies, Swissport, SATS and Dnata, have submitted tenders for handling ground work at the 26 non-metro airports in the country.
Currently, the government, as part of its privatisation programme, is in the process of modernising over 40 airports in the country.
“These airports will be developed besides the six metro airports. At these airports, the interested companies will have to work in conjunction with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) either through a subsidiary or by forming a joint venture,” the official said.
As per the existing ground handling policy, which becomes effective from January 2009 only three agencies will be allowed take up ground handling services. “The modalities of how the arrangement will work are yet to be sorted out. But it’s clear that companies will have to work with AAI,” the official told SundayET.
20/04/08 Raja Awasthi & Dheeraj Tiwar/Economic Times

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