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ACI World Director General Angela Gittens and GMR Group Business Chairman, Airports Kiran Kumar Grandhi sign the agreement to appoint GMR’s Aviation Academy as a Global Training Hub for the world airports organisation |
INDIA. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) and Airports Council International (ACI) World have signed an agreement for the GMR Aviation Academy to become a Global Training Hub for the Asia Pacific region.
The agreement was signed in Hyderabad by GMR Group Business Chairman, Airports Kiran Kumar Grandhi and ACI World Director General Angela Gittens.
Through this agreement the GMR Aviation Academy will facilitate ACI’s training programmes and help develop managerial and operational standards.
GHIAL Chief Executve P. Sripathy said: “Considering that other such training hubs are located at Dubai in the UAE, Incheon in South Korea and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the GMR Aviation Academy will provide an ideal training venue, not just for the professionals from within the airports in India, but also from those in the SAARC countries.
“With 12 new greenfield airports coming up, and a majority of the existing 126 airports that are operated by the Airports Authority of India which will be upgraded, there will be a substantial increase in the number of requirements of adequately trained staff that are employed by airports, their suppliers and the different service providers.
“The GMR Aviation Academy will be geared up to provide the best, professional training that the qualified instructors from ACI will impart here in Hyderabad,” Sripathy added.
“Simply put, airports are capital intensive businesses highly dependent on economies of scale,” said Gittens. “Even in a downturn airports have to invest to provide capacity for the future. And user charges may have to increase.
“I note that India has some of the lowest user charges in the world, but India has also lagged behind in providing capacity. Now that India is indeed providing the capacity the airlines and the communities need, it is only natural that user charges will have to rise, at least in the short term.”
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