Malappuram: Expatriates under the banner of the Kerala Muslim Cultural Committee’s Malappuram-Jeddah unit took out a march to the Air India office here on Wednesday protesting against the national carrier’s attitude towards Gulf passengers.
Inaugurating the march, Abdurahman Randathani, MLA and chairman of the Assembly Committee for the Welfare of NRIs, demanded that Air India end its policy of treating the Gulf passengers as “Guinea pigs.”
He said Air India had become a burden on the public exchequer because of the inefficiency of its officials and employees. “It is better to wind it (Air India) up rather than being a burden on the passengers and the public at large,” Mr. Randathani said.
The KMCC accused Air India of fleecing the Malayali expatriates in the Gulf, especially at a time when a large number of expatriates were facing a bleak future owing to employment regulations in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
04/07/13 The Hindu
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Inaugurating the march, Abdurahman Randathani, MLA and chairman of the Assembly Committee for the Welfare of NRIs, demanded that Air India end its policy of treating the Gulf passengers as “Guinea pigs.”
He said Air India had become a burden on the public exchequer because of the inefficiency of its officials and employees. “It is better to wind it (Air India) up rather than being a burden on the passengers and the public at large,” Mr. Randathani said.
The KMCC accused Air India of fleecing the Malayali expatriates in the Gulf, especially at a time when a large number of expatriates were facing a bleak future owing to employment regulations in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
04/07/13 The Hindu
