SC grills govt on keeping pvt airlines off ground handling

New Delhi: The government today faced tough time in the Supreme Court to justify its policy of keeping out private airlines from ground handling duty, which is to be handed over to a consortium led by Air India or to the airport managing companies.
The apex court, which wanted to know from the government, whether such move would not hurt the efficiency of private airlines, sought a response from Ministry of Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and other government bodies.
However, it did not stay the judgement of the Delhi High Court, which on March 4 asked private carriers to follow the directions of civil aviation regulator DGCA to enter into agreement with the firms approved by it for ground handling duties.
A Bench of Justice RV Raveendran and Justice AK Patnaik admitted the petition filed by Federation of Indian Airlines (FII), an umbrella body of private carriers, challenging the policy and issued notices to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA.
04/04/11 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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Categories: Airports Apr 2011, Indian Aviation- In General Apr 2011