New ground service providers at Amausi airport

Lucknow: Passengers flying from Amausi airport will find new set of ground service providers from Saturday. The Airport Authority of India ( AAI) has outsourced the services to a private company, Indo-Thai Airport Management Services (ITAMS).
It would be a comprehensive ground handling services that the company would take up for an airport, which aspires to attain an international status even as a new terminal gets set up.
Business head of ITAMS, Aditya Raj Maheshwari said that the contract was awarded to the company for five airports, which include Lucknow, Srinagar, Jaipur, Varanasi and Amritsar. But for Lucknow, the ground services were taken up by the company from January 1 this year.
Besides, handling all domestic and international flights, the company would also cater to the chartered flights. The first international flight to be catered to by the company on Saturday will be Fly Dubai's FZ 437/434.
Services that the company would provide include complete passenger handling, ramp handling, cargo handling, cabin cleaning, flight dispatch and technical assistance.
22/01/11 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2011