Airlines fear job losses for 8,000 ground staff

Mumbai: Airline companies under the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) plan to make a presentation to the civil aviation ministry saying they will be forced to axe 8,000 employees if the government implements the new ground handling policy from January 1, 2009. About 29 per cent of the 28,000-odd employees working in the private carriers are involved in ground handling.
Retrenching employees in an industry reeling under losses has become a sticky issue after vehement opposition from political parties forced Jet Airways to recall 800 employees who were given pink slips a few weeks ago.
The new ground-handling policy does not allow private carriers, which currently undertake their own ground handling, to undertake the services from next year. Only Air India, airport operators (like GMR) and independent ground handling companies will be allowed to do so.
According to industry sources, Jet Airways has at least 4,000 ground handling jobs on the line. For SpiceJet and IndiGo, 1,800 to 2,000 jobs are likely to be impacted between them and GoAir has some 350 employees for ground-handling service. The rest of the employees work for international carriers, some of whom undertake their own ground-handling.
06/11/08 Manisha Singhal/Business Standard

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