Madurai: A PIL seeking inclusion of Madurai airport as a "point of call" in the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) was admitted by the Madras High court bench here today.
A Division Bench comprising justices N Paulvasanthakumar and P Devadoss ordered issuance of notice to officials including the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Director General of Civil Aviation, Chairman, Airports Authority of India, and Director AAI, returnable within two weeks.The petitioner J Mahendra Varman said a number of foreign carriers were interested in operating flights to Madurai. But the Aviation Ministry was not inviting them, he said.
23/08/13 PTI/Economic Times
