HAL airport: Cases adjourned to Monday

Bangalore: The high court on Thursday adjourned to Monday the hearing on a batch of petitions seeking reopening of HAL airport.
B C Thiruvengadam, counsel for the Airport Authority Employees' Union, said they have a stake in the airport as their organization was created with a profit motive.
He explained that the Airports Authority of India Act has no provision on closing any airport that had been functioning well.
Earlier, the court had directed stakeholders connected to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) to place before the court a re-negotiation report. This report, the court added, should deal with reopening of HAL airport, which was closed to commercial flights simultaneously when BIA was inaugurated.
The counsel for BIA replied that a tripartite meeting was held and no re-negotiations was held after May 23, 2008. BIA, however, was not a party to the meeting.
The Centre's view on the issue through a notification on May 16, 2008, was that it would not disapprove reopening HAL airport for civil and commercial operations but only after a consensual agreement.
28/08/09 Times of India

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