In reply to separate question, MoS (Civil Aviation) gives Airport Council International (ACI) ratings that show PPP model airports are managed better than those operated or leased by AAI.
In an interview, air traffic controller reveals how it’s minute-to-minute work that demands total focus for hours at a stretch. ‘It’s about responsibility without visibility’.
Analysis of data shared by MoS Civil Aviation V.K. Singh shows that of 139 airports run by Airports Authority of India & in public-private partnership, only 21 generated profits in FY23.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
This is ridiculous. Is there no checks and balances