Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd pulls strings for Cial ground handling operations

Thiruvananthapuram: Ernakulam MP and Union minister of state for agriculture K V Thomas has written to Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh to hand over ground handling functions at Cochin International Airport to Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (AI-Sats).
Singh's office, in turn, wrote to Rohit Nandan, CMD, Air India, asking him to "look into the matter". This comes at a time when questions are being raised as to how AI-Sats gained entry into Trivandrum and Mangalore airports without following due processes.
Thomas's letter, dated July 4, 2012, said: "I am writing to you with the request of handing over ground handling services at Cochin International Airport (Cial) to AI-Sats for ensuring quality of service to various customer airlines, as well as travelling public. As you are aware, Air India has been the sole ground handling agency at Cochin International Airport for many years... Initially there was a proposal to hand over the ground handling services to AI-Sats... However, now, Air India seems to have decided against allowing AI-Sats to take over ground handling functions."
18/09/12 Sangeetha Nair/Times of India

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