Mumbai: Concerned over an expected cost escalation due to the Government decision to privatise six more AAI-run airports, AirAsia India has sought the Aviation Ministry’s permission to run its proposed operations from the old terminal of the Chennai airport.
“AirAsia India has written to the Aviation Ministry seeking its permission to use the old Chennai terminal for its proposed operations. The move comes after the Government decided to privatise six airports, including Chennai,” a source close to the development told PTI.
The Aviation Ministry had recently decided to hand over six Airports Authority of India (AAI) run airports in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur and Guwahati to private companies despite vehement opposition from AAI unions, after investing over Rs 5,000 crore of public funds for their modernisation.
The Malaysia-based AirAsia, whose USP is low-fare, mostly flies from low-cost airports instead of main airports to save costs, a concept which is yet to take off in the country.
29/09/13 PTI/Business Line
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“AirAsia India has written to the Aviation Ministry seeking its permission to use the old Chennai terminal for its proposed operations. The move comes after the Government decided to privatise six airports, including Chennai,” a source close to the development told PTI.
The Aviation Ministry had recently decided to hand over six Airports Authority of India (AAI) run airports in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur and Guwahati to private companies despite vehement opposition from AAI unions, after investing over Rs 5,000 crore of public funds for their modernisation.
The Malaysia-based AirAsia, whose USP is low-fare, mostly flies from low-cost airports instead of main airports to save costs, a concept which is yet to take off in the country.
29/09/13 PTI/Business Line
