Air India SATS Airport Services (AISATS), a joint venture between Air India Limited and SATS Limited has been appointed as its official ground handler in Delhi International Airport by Tajik Air, the national carrier of Tajikistan. AISATS will be providing ground handling services to Tajik Air’s flights to India from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
The airline is starting with a weekly passenger flight on Fridays, using Boeing 737 aircraft, from Dushanbe to New Delhi and back. Currently, Tajik Air operates domestic flights in Tajikistan and international flights from Dushanbe to China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and United Arab Emirates.
While appreciating AISATS Mr. Avnish Bakshi, India Representative, Tajik Air said, “We are confident about AISATS as the company has proven its abilities by successfully implementing its ground handling services at Delhi International Airport. Tajik Air wants its customers to get the best experience in India and we are positive that the staff of AISATS will make their travelling experience memorable. We have seen the staff of AISATS interacting with other airline customers at Delhi International Airport which makes us feel optimistic about our service partnership for further growth. Tajik Air is planning to launch Delhi-Sharjah operations soon.”
AISATS commenced its ground handling services at Delhi International Airport in August 2010. AISATS was the first ground handler to introduce check-in service at the two metro stations on the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) metro link – New Delhi Railway Station and Shivaji Stadium, in June 2011 thus enabling passengers to travel baggage-free by metro to the airport.
AISATS brings a wealth of ground handling expertise with the help of experienced professionals in the ground handling services sector. The ground handler provides seamless end to end solutions for its customer airlines at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mangalore and Trivandrum international airport.
About Air India Airport Service Pvt Ltd (AISATS)
Air India SATS Airport Services Private Limited (AISATS), is a 50:50 joint venture between NACIL (currently known as Air India Limited) and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (currently known as SATS Limited). As part of the Indian Government's initiative, AISATS was formed with the vision to upgrade to world-class facilities and services, thus attract more airlines to fly into India.
Since the start of operations in 2008, AISATS provides hassle free and comprehensive solutions to its customer airlines in international airports at Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mangalore and Trivandrum. AISATS provides end-to-end ground handling services such as passenger and baggage handling, ramp handling, aircraft cabin care, load control, flight operations and cargo handling services of general, perishable, transshipment, express courier and special cargo.
For more information please visit www.aisats.in
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