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Air India seeks ground handling JV

13-Jul-2007
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Air India seeks ground handling JV
(CAPA): Air India announced plans to form a JV with an international company for ground handling activities at airports in India and overseas. An EoI is expected to be issued within the next two weeks.

V. Thulasidas, Managing Director states, “we already have a joint venture with Singapore Air Terminal Services (SATS) for doing ground handling activities at Hyderabad and Bangalore airport… The airline will seek expression of interests for similar activities not only at Indian but also international airports.”

The carrier currently earns more than USD135.8 million annually from ground handling activities, and with Indian Airlines, carries out more than 80% of such activities at airports across India.

Date posted: 13-Jul-07.

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