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January 03, 2007 17:09 IST
The Federation of Indian Airlines, the group formed by various carriers, has appointed Amitabh Khosla from CII as executive director to head its secretariat and plans to have a director general later.
"We have taken in Amitabh Khosla from the Confederation of Indian Industry as executive director for FIA and are looking forward to gain from his experience," FIA Chairman and Air-India CMD V Thulasidas told PTI from Mumbai.
Khosla has been performing a similar role for the chamber as head of its National Civil Aviation committee and FIA would benefit from his expertise, he added.
Thulasidas also said FIA was also mulling over appointing senior and experienced person as its Director General, which would be carried out later.
"We wanted to appoint a director general also, but it will be at a later stage. No timeframe has been set for that.
As of now Khosla will be in-charge of FIA secretariat," he said.
Khosla is expected to take charge of the secretariat on January 18.
In his new assignment, Khosla is expected to play a proactive role in taking up issues with the government that will have implications on the civil aviation industry.
With an estimated Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) loss in the current fiscal, high aviation turbine fuel costs and congestions at airports burning a hole in the pockets of many airlines, FIA secretariat has its tasks cut out to take up issues.
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