New Delhi: The management of airports in Chennai and other metro and non-metro cities should remain with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) its subsidiary or a special purpose vehicle formed to manage these airports, rather than privatising services there, a Parliamentary Committee has recommended on Wednesday.
“AAI (should) be allowed to operate the airports at Chennai and Kolkata and other non-metro airports for a few years,” states the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on ‘Privatisation of services at airports’.
The report, which was released on Wednesday, points out that the Government has invested thousands of crores to modernise these airports and it is unfortunate that it is now proposed to hand them over to private parties.
The report comes at a time when the process of privatisation of six airports — Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Guwahati — is already under way.
20/11/13 Business Line
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“AAI (should) be allowed to operate the airports at Chennai and Kolkata and other non-metro airports for a few years,” states the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on ‘Privatisation of services at airports’.
The report, which was released on Wednesday, points out that the Government has invested thousands of crores to modernise these airports and it is unfortunate that it is now proposed to hand them over to private parties.
The report comes at a time when the process of privatisation of six airports — Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Guwahati — is already under way.
20/11/13 Business Line
