<p>Since 2004, the Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, is doing ground handling at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here.<br /><br />In a letter addressed to the CVC, the AIATSL employees said that Air India earns a revenue of around Rs.43 crore every year from ground handling at the airport here.<br />After meeting the annual expenditure of Rs.36 crore, Air India earns a profit of Rs.7 crore from the Thiruvananthapuram station alone.<br /><br />"We request you to conduct an enquiry to find the corrupt hands involved in this. We also request to enquire whether proper tender procedures/bidding process were done before declaring SATS as the joint venture of the national carrier for the Thiruvananthapuram Airport," reads the petition.<br /><br />The move of AIATSL employees comes at a time when the Director General of Civil Aviation and director board member of Air India, E.K. Bharath Bhushan recently revealed that the newly-formed AI-SATS (Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd) had not got clearance of the Air India board of directors for ground handling at Thiruvananthapuram airport.<br /><br />The AIATSL employees have also brought this to the attention of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who has promised to take up the issue with the officials concerned.<br /></p>
<p>Since 2004, the Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, is doing ground handling at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here.<br /><br />In a letter addressed to the CVC, the AIATSL employees said that Air India earns a revenue of around Rs.43 crore every year from ground handling at the airport here.<br />After meeting the annual expenditure of Rs.36 crore, Air India earns a profit of Rs.7 crore from the Thiruvananthapuram station alone.<br /><br />"We request you to conduct an enquiry to find the corrupt hands involved in this. We also request to enquire whether proper tender procedures/bidding process were done before declaring SATS as the joint venture of the national carrier for the Thiruvananthapuram Airport," reads the petition.<br /><br />The move of AIATSL employees comes at a time when the Director General of Civil Aviation and director board member of Air India, E.K. Bharath Bhushan recently revealed that the newly-formed AI-SATS (Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd) had not got clearance of the Air India board of directors for ground handling at Thiruvananthapuram airport.<br /><br />The AIATSL employees have also brought this to the attention of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who has promised to take up the issue with the officials concerned.<br /></p>