Citu grounds passenger facility take-off

Calcutta: Citu has done it again. The CPM labour arm’s resistance to the airport authorities’ decision to assign the entire ground-handling operations to a single agency is denying passengers access to improved services.
From better baggage handling to bigger coaches to board from the terminal to the plane, Citu has grounded all take-off plans.
Several small companies contracted by the airlines are now in charge of baggage handling. That was set to change with the joint-venture company Bhadra International (India) Ltd being awarded the ground-handling rights at Calcutta airport along with the state-run National Aviation Company of India Ltd, formed through the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines.
“The agency got the contract a year ago and the security clearance a few months ago. However, resistance from the contract labourer’s union has been creating complications,” a senior Calcutta airport official said on Monday. “The agency was to start installing equipment from this month.”
14/09/10 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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Categories: airports Sep 2010