Thiruvananthapuram : The decision to hand over the ground handling charge of the Thiruvananthapuram Airport to a foreign agency has sparked severe criticism. The staff of Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL) have written to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to immediately intervene in the issue as the Air India staff have been urged to report for duty under this foreign agency.
The Air India Limited and Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS), a foreign private company, have signed a joint venture agreement for providing ground handling services and the latter is in the process of taking over ground handling from Air India in most of the airports in the country.
However, the AIATSL staff here claim that the policy is not acceptable at the Thiruvananthapuram airport since it does not come under the metro airports. In their complaint to the Chief Minister, the staff said that the Air India management has brought AI-SATS handling to Thiruvananthapuram airport before it has taken shape in the metro airports in the country.
31/05/11 New IndianExpress/IBN Live
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