Mumbai/New Delhi: The government has initiated the process of corporatising Air Traffic Control (ATC) and an independent body to run the services is likely to become functional by June this year.
The move to set up the new entity comes almost three years after a high-powered committee, headed by former Cabinet Secretary Naresh Chandra, had recommended hiving off air traffic services from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and bring it under an independent corporate entity.
The proposed entity, to be called Air Navigation Services (ANS) Corporation, is likely to become functional by June, though it would remain as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the state-run AAI for a few years, official sources told PTI.
It would take at least another three years before the ANS Corporation is converted into a totally independent body under the Civil Aviation Ministry, they said.
Once the corporation becomes a separate entity, it would have its own Board headed by a Chairman.
"The government has already appointed a Member (CNS) in the AAI Board to look after the operational aspects of the proposed ANS Corporation," the sources said.
Besides, AAI''s Executive Director (Finance) has been entrusted with the task of carrying out a study of its financial viability. "The way things are moving now, it is likely to be functional from June this year," they said.
Currently, air traffic services, which comprise ATC and Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS), are part of the AAI.
However, the government intends to segregate them so that AAI can focus on its core competence area of airport development and maintenance, the sources said.
27/02/11 PTI/MSN.com
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