New venture to begin ground-handling at airport

Thiruvananthapuram: Air India SATS Airports Services Pvt Ltd. (AISATS), a joint venture between Air India and Singapore Airport Terminal Services, will take over the ground-handling services of the majority of airlines operating from the Thiruvananthapuram international airport from Monday.
The decks were cleared for AISATS to start work following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the representatives of Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) and the AI management at a conciliation meeting convened by the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) in the capital on Friday. Airline sources told The Hindu that the long-pending issue of the employment of 82 AIATSL personnel had been resolved with the signing of the agreement.
The AIATSL employees had demanded that either they be given the ground-handling services for Air India and Air India Express flights using the existing equipment or be deputed to the commercial wing of the AISATS.
03/06/12 S Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu

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