Air India (A-I) and Indian Airlines have joined together in a consortium to jointly bid for the ground handling operations at the new Hyderabad International Airport (HIAL), which will be ready by 2008.

The consortium has bid Rs.120 crore (which they will pay to HIAL annually as fee) to handle the operations in the upcoming airport.

Apart from Air India and Indian only Airports Authority of India and private companies confirming to the standards laid down by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security will handle ground handling operations at Indian airports.

At present, A-I provides ground handling services at 10 airports, catering to over 35 international airlines. While Indian manages ground handling operations in 6 domestic and 20 international airports.

A-I has already bagged the ground services tender at the Bangalore International Airport, in joint venture with Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) with a budget of Rs.70 crore. It will also spend Rs.150 crore by March 2008 to upgrade its ground handling operations at the 10 different airports it currently serves.

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