New Delhi: In a policy reversal, the government today allowed Indian carriers to carry out ground-handling of their own flights at all the airports.
The proposal was made at a meeting Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had with representatives of airlines here, which came ahead of a hearing of the matter in the Supreme Court soon.
Under the 2007 policy, the main airports were supposed to have only three ground handling companies -- the Air India- Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS), the local airport operator in alliance with a ground handling partner and one to be chosen through competitive bidding. The six airports are at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai.
The airlines complained against the policy saying it would lead to largescale retrenchment and that there would be no alternative use of assets already in place.
25/10/12 PTI/Deccah Herald
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The proposal was made at a meeting Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had with representatives of airlines here, which came ahead of a hearing of the matter in the Supreme Court soon.
Under the 2007 policy, the main airports were supposed to have only three ground handling companies -- the Air India- Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS), the local airport operator in alliance with a ground handling partner and one to be chosen through competitive bidding. The six airports are at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai.
The airlines complained against the policy saying it would lead to largescale retrenchment and that there would be no alternative use of assets already in place.
25/10/12 PTI/Deccah Herald
