Thiruvananthapuram: Employees of a transport services firm employed at Thiruvananthapuram airport have approached the Central Vigilance Commissioner alleging corruption in the manner in which Air India was trying to hand over ground handling and cargo handling to the Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (SATS).
Since 2004, the Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, is doing ground handling at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here.
In a letter addressed to the CVC, the AIATSL employees said that Air India earns a revenue of around 43 crore every year from ground handling at the airport here.
After meeting the annual expenditure of 36 crore, Air India earns a profit of 7 crore from the Thiruvananthapuram station alone.
"We request you to conduct an enquiry to find the corrupt hands involved in this. We also request to enquire whether proper tender procedures/bidding process were done before declaring SATS as the joint venture of the national carrier for the Thiruvananthapuram Airport," reads the petition.
22/11/11 IANS/Silicon India
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