AirAsia India may miss 2013 deadline

Chennai: AirAsia India may miss its 2013 deadline to start services as the joint venture with Tata Sons and Telestra TradePlace is entangled in approvals and clearances with the ministry and regulatory agencies.
AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes was aiming for a year-end commencement of services from Chennai connecting tier-II and tier-III cities in the southern region. The airline had readied human resource and infrastructure to start operations before November. The airline had recruited its top management staff, flight attendants and had also set up a small office at the Chennai airport. But, it is expected to take longer as the airline does not want to hurry its launch.
Airport sources said that AirAsia wanted to bring in the low-cost model they had successfully experimented at Malaysia and requested the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to allow them to take over the old domestic terminal, which was lying empty after operations were shifted to new building.
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