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Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Nagpur airport has no Turk but Greek ground handling company
Nagpur: As the Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) cancelled the licence of Turkish ground agency , affecting operations at some airports, Nagpur was spared. Even Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here has a foreign , but it's from Greece. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Coincidentally, Greece and Turkey share a common border, though not political views on the India-Pakistan conflict. Since November last year, has taken over as the ground handling agency for . The company has its origins in Greece, said senior officials in Mihan India Limited (MIL) — the agency operating Nagpur airport. A ground handling agency carries out a slew of activities from the landing to take-off of the aircraft. At some places, even boarding passes are issued by the ground handling agency. Nagpur airport has two agencies: (AIASL) and Goldair Handling. The latter came through the bidding process, while AIASL got the mandate directly as it is a govt company, and has been the ground handling company even earlier, said an airport source. AIASL normally handles scheduled aircraft, while Goldair does the handling for unscheduled (chartered) flights, a source said. Goldair is the first private handling company, which has been operating in a liberalised Greek market since 1999, according to the company's website. According to the company's website, Nagpur is the only airport in India where it provides handling services. Nagpur: As the Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) cancelled the licence of Turkish ground agency Celebi Airport Services, affecting operations at some airports, Nagpur was spared. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Even Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here has a foreign ground handling agency, but it's from Greece. Coincidentally, Greece and Turkey share a common border, though not political views on the India-Pakistan conflict. Since November last year, Goldair Handling has taken over as the ground handling agency for Nagpur airport. The company has its origins in Greece, said senior officials in Mihan India Limited (MIL) — the agency operating Nagpur airport. A ground handling agency carries out a slew of activities from the landing to take-off of the aircraft. At some places, even boarding passes are issued by the ground handling agency. Nagpur airport has two agencies: Air India Airport Services Limited (AIASL) and Goldair Handling. The latter came through the bidding process, while AIASL got the mandate directly as it is a govt company, and has been the ground handling company even earlier, said an airport source. AIASL normally handles scheduled aircraft, while Goldair does the handling for unscheduled (chartered) flights, a source said. Goldair is the first private handling company, which has been operating in a liberalised Greek market since 1999, according to the company's website. According to the company's website, Nagpur is the only airport in India where it provides handling services.
New Indian Express
16-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Celebi Aviation's brief stint at Chennai airport ends as India revokes clearance
CHENNAI: Çelebi Aviation's short-lived tenure at Chennai International Airport has come to an abrupt end after India revoked the Turkish operator's clearance, citing national security concerns linked to Ankara's growing defence ties with Pakistan. The decision by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) takes immediate effect and forces Çelebi to suspend all ground handling activities at Chennai Airport. Çelebi, which commenced operations at the airport just 20 months ago, had provided ground handling services for several foreign and regional carriers, including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Scoot, Royal Brunei, SpiceJet and US-Bangla Airlines. "The revocation won't impact ground handling operations," a spokesperson for Chennai Airport said, adding domestic service providers had already been mobilised to fill the gap in critical areas such as baggage handling, ramp operations and cargo logistics. The officials said the cancellation of four domestic flights is not related to termination of Çelebi's services. Two Indian firms - Bird Airport Services (Chennai) Pvt Ltd and AI Airport Services Ltd (AIASL) - are expected to absorb Çelebi's workload. From 2010 to 2020, ground handling in Chennai was managed by Bhadra International under a decade-long licence from the Airports Authority of India (AAI). AIASL, a state-run subsidiary of Air India, stepped in temporarily in July 2021 to stabilise operations. By 2023, AAI brought in Bird as well.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
AIASL, other ground handling firms start onboarding Celebi staff at airports
Multiple ground handling companies, including state-owned AIASL, Bird Worldwide Flight Services and Indo Thai, are onboarding the staff of Celebi Airport Services India at various airports and fresh airport entry passes are being issued, industry executives said on Friday. Hours after the security clearance for Celebi was revoked on the grounds of national security on Thursday, the civil aviation ministry said that arrangements have been made at all affected airports to ensure seamless handling of passengers as well as cargo. The ministry had also said that efforts were being made to ensure that employees working with Celebi are retained and continue to contribute. Celebi has more than 10,000 staff in India. 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Experimente este truque simples na água Saúde Melhor Idade Veja agora Undo The executives said AI Airport Services Ltd (AIASL), AISATS, Bird Worldwide Flight Services Pvt Ltd and Indo Thai Airport Management Services Pvt Ltd, among others, are onboarding the Celebi staff. The Airport Entry Passes (AEPs) were issued to the staff in the name of Celebi and now, fresh AEPs are being issued to them in the name of the company which has onboarded them, the executives added. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has set a deadline till May 19 for the issuance of the new AEPs. Live Events Celebi was providing services at nine airports -- Mumbai, Delhi, Cochin, Kannur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa (GOX) and Ahmedabad and Chennai. According to the executives, respective airport operators will soon be floating tenders to appoint ground-handling service providers at the affected airports. AIASL handles around 560 flights daily at around 85 airports in the country. The company has around 20,000 employees. Industry executives said AIASL has taken hundreds of Celebi staff and is working to ensure seamless ground handling services at some of the airports where Celebi used to provide the services. One of the executives said that AIASL might rope in staff from other airports to handle services at the Celebi-served airports in order to ensure that there are no disruptions. Mumbai airport operator MIAL on Friday said Indo Thai Airport Services will be carrying out the ground handling works at the airport for three months. After terminating the concession agreement with Celebi, Delhi airport operator DIAL has given the works on the existing terms to a company which already has security clearance as a regulated agent to carry on cargo business at airports, according to a regulatory filing. The details about the company were not disclosed in the filing by GMR Airports Ltd (GAL). "The above mentioned transaction is a related party transaction and is on an arm's length basis and promoter/promoter group/group companies of the company do not have any interest in the said transaction, other than their indirect shareholding in both DIAL and GAL," the filing said. Meanwhile, Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd on Friday moved the Delhi High Court against the decision of BCAS revoking its security clearance in the "interest of national security". The decision of BCAS came against the backdrop of Turkiye backing for Pakistan and its condemnation of India's recent strikes on terror camps in the neighbouring country and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under 'Operation Sindoor'. Pakistan had also used Turkish drones on a large scale in the military conflict with India. Following the BCAS move, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu, on Thursday, said national interest and public safety are paramount and non-negotiable. Meanwhile, Poonam Verma Sengupta, Partner at JSA Advocates & Solicitors, said the termination of arrangements with Celebi also reflects a broader policy decision, where India is prioritising self-defence and conducting a deeper scrutiny of foreign entities operating in sensitive infrastructure sectors. "By reassessing these agreements, India is not only safeguarding its aviation market -- it is also indicating that future access will be contingent upon strategic balance, commercial fairness, and national interests," Verma said.
