AAI hosts Domestic Airport Lab at Tiruchirappalli

New Delhi (India), Apr 27 (ANI): A two–day Domestic Airport Lab on “Re-Engineering the Key Approaches within Airport Commercial Planning and Implementation to Maximize Non-Aeronautical Revenue” was inaugurated by Anuj Aggarwal, Member (HR), Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Tiruchirappalli International Airport on Saturday.
Anuj Aggarwal in his keynote address emphasised the need to focus on maximizing non-aeronautical revenues while making air travel more affordable to the common man.
He said, “This problem-solving lab is an initiative to utilize the expertise of International Airport Professionals of AAI and will be able to come out with innovative solutions to further device, accomplish and boost non-aeronautical revenues at par with best global practices.” He further elaborated on the equal responsibility sharing with stakeholders in the long term concessionaire agreements to ensure an enhancement of the services along with the revenue and also to revisit challenges from time to time to have solutions.
On this occasion, EP Hareendranathan, Executive Director (Training-IAA) and Head of Airport Lab Committee, AAI; Sanjay Jain, Executive Director (Human Resources); S Sreekumar, Regional Executive Director, Southern Region and K Gunasekaran, APD Trichy airport were also present.
This two-day highly interactive workshop will offer the professionals an opportunity to discuss, collaborate and learn from other airport professionals that have demonstrated leadership in a specific airport subject. This exercise would facilitate the sharing of best practices and put across innovative ideas for enhancement of non-aeronautical revenues.
This, in part, serves the airport which benefits from the perspective of a diverse team of global airport professionals. The idea is to utilize the collective wisdom and rich experience of these airport professionals to find innovative solutions.
Speaking on the occasion, Hareendranathan highlighted that the primary purpose of Airport Labs is to bring International Airport Professionals (IAPs) together to share expertise on specific best practices in various aviation specific areas. AAI has the largest pool of more than 150 executives, designated as IAPs.
These executives are designated as IAPs after successfully completing Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP), a joint program of Airport Council International (ACI) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
In a series of airport Labs, AAI had earlier organised two domestic airport labs at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow and Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneshwar in the year July 2016 and October 2017 respectively and international Airport Lab at NSCBI Airport Kolkata in November 2017. These Labs were a great success in terms of the betterment of customer services and preparedness for airport emergencies. (ANI)