Making a mockery of transparency, the signing of the agreements have taken place at a point of time, when charges of irregularity are still under judicial scrutiny," the party politbureau said in a statement.
Overlooking opposition from the Left parties and airport employees, the government on Tuesday signed two agreements to set up joint venture companies between Airports Authority of India and the GMR and GVK groups.
The guidelines would also enable the proposed merger of national carriers Air-India and Indian.\n
Funds are not a problem for the the modernisation of the Kolkata airport by the Airports Authority of India, Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad said on Tuesday.
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday approved setting up of the company for development of Nagpur airport's Cargo Hub Project.
All in-coming and out-going flights operated on schedule from the airport even as employees struck work.
SpiceJet, IndiGo, Jet Airways, Alliance Air, and Turbo Aviation are among the operators that have bagged the routes in the third round.
DIAL, at its board meeting, decided to extend the offer of employment to all 100 per cent employees of AAI based at IGI Airport, New Delhi, instead of only 60 per cent, GMR Infrastructure informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The civil aviation ministry is planning to set up an International Convention Centre at Mumbai Airport to cater to the needs of business community for holding international exhibitions and conferences.
Each airline operating out of Delhi is expected to get separate terminal space and a third full-fledged runway is to be constructed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport when the first phase of its modernisation is completed by 2008.
The charges for security component of passenger service fees will not increase much and a passenger may have to bear an extra of Rs 50
KLM-Northwest Airlines reduces check-in time.
Airports Authority of India employees' representatives today said they would not hesitate to go on strike again if the government went ahead with the privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
The conglomerate, which has received environmental clearance for the project, plans to invest around Rs 1,500 crore in it.
Bihar administration sounded a nation-wide alert on Tuesday for execution of non-bailable warrants of arrest, pending against the elusive Rashtriya Janata Dal member of Parliament Mohammad Shahabuddin.
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The Airport Authority of India employees have yet to call off their strike against the privatisation of the modernisation of the Mumbai and Delhi airports, despite indications late on Friday that the agitation might called off.
The Airports Authority of India on Saturday announced plans to upgrade the Biju Patnaik airport in Bhubaneswar to international standards by investing Rs 250 crore (Rs 2.5 billion).
The Airport Authority of India has decided to ban visitors and also take adequate precautions considering the possible security threat in the state.
Kerala police on Sunday arrested four Central Industrial Security Force personnel in connection with destruction of property during the June 10 clash at Karipur airport.
The Karnataka government plans to develop new airports at Gulbarga and Hassan.
The central government has assured the state government of Goa that it will pump in Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) to give a facelift to Dabolim airport.
A day after CCTV visuals emerged of CISF personnel on the rampage at Karipur airport in Kozhikode, fresh footage of the episode has appeared in which a group of alleged Airports Authority of India officials in plainclothes are seen attacking a CISF jawan.
As many as 170 out of the 454 airports and airstrips available in the country were non-operational, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
The Airports Authority of India would enter the capital market to raise resources for funding the modernisation of about 30 airports across the country, for which an estimated Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) is required.
In the international sector also, India has seen major expansion by carriers.
Private players GMR and GVK groups formally took charge of the managements of the Delhi, Mumbai airports with a view to make them world-class airports.
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