Airport staff oppose AI bid to steal their jobs

Thiruvananthapuram: The employees' union of the Air India Air Traffic Services Limited (AIATSL), which handles ground handling services at the Trivandrum international airport, are on protest path. They have opposed the move to takeover their services by Air India-Singapore Airport Transport Services (AISATS PVt Ltd), a joint venture company. The AIATSL employees in a letter to Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh (dated January 15) has alleged that AISATS is being positioned to siphon off a major share of Air India's revenue. Formed in 2004, the AIATSL is a fully owned subsidiary of AI which handles all the ramp services. It also handles the terminal activities of Air India, Air India Express, and the customer airline Tiger Airways.
AI's ground handling activities earn Rs 43 crore a year at the Trivandrum airport. The union members say that if the takeover succeeds, the AISATS will get its hand on this amount. Meanwhile, AISATS recently recruited new staff as counter managers, cleaners and loaders. But AIATSL employees in the letter to the Union minister has stated that AISATS hired people without following any recruitment policy.
17/01/12 Times of India

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