Share List TLI Opinion New Delhi: As central government lines up more airport assets for privatisation, there appears uncanny similarities between airport sector and that of telecom which is headed towards duopoly and public sector companies BSNL and MTNL are crying for cash support to stay afloat. Foremost among theContinue Reading
Share List Nirbhay Kumar Airfares generally skyrocket when a disaster hits. Be it Chennai flood, cloudburst in Leh or massive earthquake in Kathmandu, private carriers jacked up prices to and from the affected cities. When public backlash started, government intervened and directed airlines to desist from the practice of overcharging.Continue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: Even as it faces attack from all quarters over privatisation, the Centre has prepared another list of airports for asset monetisation. Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola has told a high-level government panel that the Ministry is in the process of identifying additional 6-7Continue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: With the role of public sector getting more amplified during the Coronavirus crisis, over half a dozen Airports Authority of India (AAI) unions and associations have made a fervent appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately stop the privatization drive. The employee groupingsContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: With private investors and airport developers set to have conservative view on revenue and traffic projections in the wake of business disruptions caused by Coronavirus outbreak, industry insiders have raised questions over government move to privatize six more Airports Authority of India (AAI)-run airportsContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: The Modi government this week extended the bidding deadline for Air India by two months to June-end following the advice from interested private parties but wants state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) to hand out six more airports on public-private-partnership (PPP) basis. “For generationContinue Reading
Share List TLI Opinion New Delhi: After operating multiple flights to bring back hundreds of Indians stranded in Coronavirus-hit countries such as China, Italy and Japan, national carrier Air India would on March 25 and 29 carry the citizens coming from Iran to Jodhpur for quarantining them. Air India wouldContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: Having burnt its fingers heavily in case of defunct Kingfisher Airlines, state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recovered all its dues from grounded Jet Airways by encashing all the bank guarantees furnished by the carrier. “AAI has realised all its dues upto theContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: At the forefront to stem the spread of deadly Coronavirus through inbound air travellers, workers of state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked the top boss to ensure that local airport managers comply with government directions to contain infections. In a letter toContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: Senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) management has assured employee unions that there will not be job loss even as more state-run airports are leased out to private companies. Instead, it will hire manpower to meet the growing need of running the airports beingContinue Reading