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Privatisation of 6 more Airports

09 Friday Nov 2018

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All the airports in the country were under the government managed by the Airport Authority of India. As part of the new economic policy and so called liberalisation, the biggest and most revenue earning airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hydeabad and Kochi were handed over to private companies. The proposal to privatise Kolkatta and Chennai could not be implemented due to strong protests by the people and employees.

The privatisation under PPP ( Public Private Participation) is justified, that it will improve operation, management and development and the AAI / Government has not sufficient funds. This is only a lame excuse. The real intention is to hand over these airports to privatise to accumulate their wealth and make huge profits. Though some improvements are made, which AAI can also do efficiently, the charges for all services in the privatised airports have gone sky high with prices of coffee, tea, tiffins, meals as also prices of other commodities. While coffee/tea are available at nominal prices in the AAI controlled Kolkatta and Chennai airports, the passenger has to pay more than double of that amount in Mumbai and Delhi. Further, the corporates are getting huge rents for the buildings in and around the airports, which naturally would have been that of AAI.

Now, the Central Cabinet has decided to privatise six more profit earning Airports viz. Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru. The profit of AAI will further be reduced due to this decision. After some time, it will be only loss making airports under the operation of the AAI.

This privatisation of airports has to be resisted and defeated in the interests of the people, the passengers and the employees.

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AAI revenue increased, get profit!

02 Thursday Jun 2016

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Another loss making PSU has made profit. Airport Authority of India (AAI), which was struggling hard to revive has posted an envious revenue of Rs.10,000 crore and a profit of Rs. 2,537 crores for 2015-16. This is glad news.

Despite the fact that the government has handed over four major profit-making Airports ie. Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad  to private players which created major loss of revenue to AAI, it has come back with good revenue and profit in this financial year.

Hearty Congratulations to the management and workers of AAI!

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Private Airlines owe Rs.220.16 crore to AAI

10 Thursday Mar 2016

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The private airlines including Indigo and Jet owe Rs. 220.16 crore to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) who owns  and runs most of the Airports in the country. This was informed in the Lok Sabha today, 10th March 2016, by Civil Aviation Minister Mahesh Sharma.

This once again shows that the private companies and corporates are draining the revenues of the PSUs in many ways. The case of Mallya, the liquor baron and owner of King Fischer Airlines is well known to all. He took more than Rs.9,000 crore from the banks and have now slipped away to UK to avoid arrest and recovery of the loan.

The fact is that the government is also not taking stringent action against these corporate honchos. Otherwise how could Mallya escape to UK when look out notice is there against him?

And PSUs are criticised for bad loans, loss etc. All these should be exposed to the public.

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AAI Unions on struggle path – Declares strike against privatisation of air-ports.

19 Monday Jan 2015

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The proposal for privatisation of Kolkatta,Chennai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports have been strongly opposed by the Airport Authority Employees Union and notice has been issued stating that the employees will go on strike, if the government does not go back from the privatisation move.

Already the most profitable airports in the country, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad are already privatised. The next profitable airports are Chennai and Kolkata. Both these airports have been modernised by he Airport Authority of India recently, spending crores of rupees. Now the government is proposing to hand over the same to privatse companies. Other profitable airports are also proposed to be privatised, keeping only the loss making airports to the PSU, AAI.

We strongly oppose the privatisation move and extend support and solidarity to the AAI employees in the just struggle.

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Modi Government moves to disinvest AAI and Pawan Hans, Privatise Air India

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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The Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathy Raju has stated that both the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Pawan Hans Helecopter limited, both PSUs, will be disinvested shortly. The privatisation of Air India is also being considered.

Selling of the family silver has become the main agenda for the Nodi Government. Already the profitable airports like Delhi and Mumbai has been privatised. Aggressive plans were made by the UPA Government to privatise Chennai and Kolkata airports, but because of the general elections it was kept pending. Now the NDA government is planning to privatise not only these two airports, but many more.

The Airports Authority of India which controls the airports will be having only loss-making airports after some time. In the case of Air India, the Civil Aviation Ministers, one after another has been acting on behalf of the private airlines and against Air India to destroy it. And new minister has stated that the loss making Air India needs to be privatised.

Selling the family silver at throwaway prices ! Nothin less. Oppose and defeat these anti-national moves.

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Airport Employees protest against Privatisation

15 Saturday Mar 2014

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The Airport Authority Employees Union (AAEU) has strongly protested against the high speed process of files by the government for privatising the six major profitable airports, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Lucknow and Jaipur. These are proposed to be given to the private companies on lease for 30 Years. The AAI has spent Rs. 5,000 crore on modification of the Kolkata and Chennai airports alone recently. The other airports have also been modernised. After spending all these PSU money, the government wants to hand over them to the private companies to corner the profits. It is a shame for the government. The UPA government is shameless in such open gifts to the private companies. In the last phase of the government, when the election has already been announced, it is a clear violation of the election code. It is understood that the Planning Commission is pressing for early privatisation. If all the profitable airports are privatised, then there will be only loss-making airports with AAI. This is what the government also wants. Many PSUs have been made non-profitable by the government like this to suit their private bosses.

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Chennai Airport Privatisation – Madras HC declines to extend stay

02 Sunday Mar 2014

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CHENNAI, MARCH 1:
The Madras High Court has declined to extend the stay on the privatisation of Chennai airport.

Justice R Subbiah granted the interim injunction on January 29 based on a petition filed by Airports Authority Employees’ Union against the Airports Authority of India seeking Request for Qualification from private parties to manage the airport. The AAI filed a counter affidavit and P Wilson, Additional Solicitor-General, in his representation insisted on an early hearing of the injunction application.

On Thursday (February 27) when the petitioner’s counsel requested adjourning the matter to next week, Justice Subbiah adjourned the case to March 5 and stated that the interim injunction will not be extended further. Arguments in the case will start on March 5.

Companies such as GVK, IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd and Essar Projects (India) Ltd have evinced interest in the privatisation of operations. The union claimed that since over ₹2,000 crore was spent on construction, privatising the airport will push up the user-development fee. (Courtesy: Business Line)

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Scrap the Airports Privatisation

15 Saturday Feb 2014

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The Government has been compelled to postpone the privatisation of the six airports viz. Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati to March due to certain technical issues.

All these airports have already been modernised by Airport Authority of India (AAI), the PSU, at a high cost to the exchequer. The modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports had cost the AAI Rs 2,325 crore and Rs 2,015 crore respectively. The cases of other airports are also not different.

It is surprising how the UPA govt. is selling these airports along with the adjacent lands to the private companies at very meagre amount. The windfall benefit got to GMR, the private company which took over the Delhi Airport from the AAI is well known. The CAG has also pointed out the same. Despite that, the government is moving to privatise the other major profitable airports leaving the loss making ones to the AAI.

After privatisation of the airports, the price of car-parking, tea, coffee, snacks, for every thing has more than doubled up.The privatisation is only to maximise the profit of the private companies.

There should be strong protest against selling of these national assets for meagre price. These airports should continue with the AAI. Privatisation should be stopped.

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Good News! – Kolkata, Chennai Airport Privatisation delayed

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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The latest news in ‘Business Line’ today indicate that the proposed privatisation of Chennai, Kolkata and other 4 airports will be delayed. As per the report, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), has extended the dates for shortlisting the companies who have offered for taking over the airports. About nine companies, including foreign companies, have shown interest in the project for Chennai.
The decision to delay shortlisting can be well understood. There has been strong opposition from the Airports Authority Unions against the privatisation. Now the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transports chaired by Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) M.P., has unanimously opposed to the privatisation of these profit-making airports, after modernisation has been done by the Airports Authority of India, a PSU, at great costs. The Standing Committee also has pointed out the case of Delhi Airport, after it was privatised, that the departure and arrival charges being collected from the passengers have gone sky-high.
The airport privatisation will result in more charges on the passengers and maximum profit for the private companies. The UPA government is in an aggressive mood to privatise all the PSUs to the extend possible and destroy the PSUs which have benefited in the growth of the country.
Strong protests should come from from all unions and progressive forces against this cheap selling of the nation’s properties. We have to fully support the unions in the AAI, who are fighting against the privatisation.

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Govt. hands profitable Airports to private

21 Monday Oct 2013

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The government is openly coming out without any shame or cover to hand over the profitable airports to the private operators. The Civil Aviation Department has called for bids from private to run eight profitable airports which are now under the Airport Authority of India. These include Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Ahmedabad etc. which are profitable. Further, recently all these airports have been modernised by the AAI with its own funds. Now, they are going to be handed over to private under the PPP scheme.
The most profitable airports, Mumbai and Delhi have already been privatised. The other airports with AAI are mainly small ones and mostly on loss. AAI was maintaining its operations with the profit of the major airports. Now, what will happen to AAI is to be seen.
The employees of AAI have opposed the transfer, but the government is moving fast to complete the deal before the General elections.
Shame on the government for its anti-people and anti-PSU decisions.

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