Rajya Sabha
Indian Airlines and Air India have decided to jointly tender for ground handling at the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., (GHIAL). This information was given by Shri Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation in the Parliament today.
As per the terms of the tender requirement of GHIAL, the Indian Operator or Handling Agent was required to join with the international Ground Handling Agency. All the international Ground Handling Agencies short listed by GHIAL were considered by Air India/Indian Airlines. From amongst them, Singapore Air Terminal Service (SATS) was selected as the JV partner with 49% share holding, while Air India and Indian Airlines both jointly held the remaining 51%.
However, GHIAL is yet to finalize the ground-handling contract for the Hyderabad Airport.
MC/GK
(Release ID :26220)