TMC uses Kolkata airport as trade-off for aviation FDI nod

New Delhi/Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will support the central government’s initiative of inviting foreign direct investment (FDI) in civil aviation if the latter completes modernisation of the Kolkata airport before the Puja season in October.
Top government sources in Delhi told Business Standard this was the condition laid down by TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, when she met Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh last month.
According to airport officials, modernisation work at Kolkata airport is likely to be completed by July, while it will take another two months to make the new airport operational.
In Kolkata, the TMC refused to make its stand on the issue public. But there is a sense that the party may give in, if it gets what it wants for Bengal.
07/06/12 Business Standard

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Categories: airports Jun 2012, Foreign Jun 2012