Figures crossed in India this week as ICAO comes to town

Over the past week the sale of Air India has been both called off and then put back on the table, but while that story took most of the headlines in the background, one the main Indian airport operators, the GMR-led operator of Delhi airport, has told the government it cannot meet even the basic mandatory security expenses at India’s largest airport. “Please note that as there is a severe shortage of funds and in case the deficit continues to build up… we shall not be able to meet even the mandatory expenditure to maintain the security of the airport,”