Kochi, Tuesday 26 May 2009: Kerala Fisheries and Registrations Minister S. Sarma said that the aviation academy started by the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) would begin functioning from June.

Kerala Fisheries and Registrations Minister said that the construction of the building and other infrastructure in the land allotted for the academy at Athani was progressing fast. Other related issues, including the syllabus to be followed, were being finalised, he said.

The minister said no labourer in the ground handling section would lose his job when the new agency took charge of the operation in a couple of months.

The airport company had reached an agreement with the new agency to retain all the labourers, Sarma said. Most of the employees in the ground handling section are those whose property had been taken over for the airport project. Air India is the ground handling agency at present.