The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru announced on Friday that it has ended its land handling agreement with çelebi. The move comes to the government of India’s decision to recall the security clearance of çelebi Airport Services India Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the Aviation Holding, a Turkish company, on the company’s support for Pakistan. The announcement said that the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (Bial) transferred its land handling operations from çelebi to other existing service providers to ensure ‘continuity and operational stability’. “We coordinate the transition in conjunction with all existing aircraft stakeholders and government authorities,” the airport said: “We remain committed to maintaining seamless operations during this period of transition,” he added. Ahmedabad airports ended the contracts earlier in the day, the airports in Mumbai and Ahmedabad ended their land handling agreements with çelebi. The airports said çelebi was aimed at immediately handing over all land handling facilities to the company to ensure that uninterrupted operations that formally terminated the Delhi International Airport Limited on Thursday with the Turkish land handing and freight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport (Igia) based on the national security. India’s Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, which was notified by a notice on May 15 about the ‘recall of security clearance in R/O çelebi Airport Services India Ltd’, which is a subsidiary of the Aviation Holding, a Turkish company. The decision comes amid the growing demand for boycott of the firm headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey – the country that stood in Pakistan in the recent escalation of tension with India after the Pahalgam terror attack and ‘Operation Sindoor’. Not a Turkish organization: çelebi çelebi Aviation India strongly refuted the recent allegations distributed on social media on its ownership and operations in India as ‘misleading and factually wrong’, amid growing controversy after recalling its safety clearance by Indian authorities. “We are not a Turkish organization for any standard and fully adhere to the global accepted practices of corporate governance, transparency and neutrality, without political connections or ties to any foreign government or individuals,” the official statement states. ‘Attempts made to ensure employees are retained’ after recalling the security clearance of the Turkish firm Celebi Nas Airport Services by the center, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Thursday that efforts were made to ensure that employees working with Celebi would continue to contribute. The Union Minister is monitoring the situation personally and is in active coordination with airport operators to run the transition smoothly, reports the news agency Ani. The minister further said: “We also deploy special teams to oversee operations and address emerging issues in real time. We will continue to maintain national security while ensuring the comfort of travel and freight movement across the country.” (With input of agencies)
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