Turkish Firm Celebi, Working At Indian Airports, Loses Permit Over National Security Concerns

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 20:26 IST

Top authorities sources said the BCAS recovered definite lapses successful the handling of aviation services by Celebi, and said its information clearance was removed owed to geographical risks

Turkiye's Celebi aviation work operates astatine 9 airports, including New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. (Image: AFP/File)

Aviation watchdog BCAS connected Thursday revoked the licence of Çelebi Ground Handling India Pvt Ltd – operating nether the umbrella of Turkiye’s Çelebi Aviation Holding astatine large Indian airports – “in the involvement of nationalist security" with contiguous effect.

This comes aft Turkiye backed Pakistan and condemned India’s caller strikes connected panic camps successful that state and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) nether Operation Sindoor. Pakistan besides utilized Turkish drones connected a ample standard successful the conflict.

According to apical authorities sources, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) recovered definite lapses successful the handling of aviation services by Celebi. They said its information clearance was removed owed to geographical risks, arsenic civilian aviation is simply a delicate assemblage with a fig of operations and Turkiye provided weapons to the “enemy country" (Pakistan).

A notification issued with the support of the manager wide of the BCAS stated that Celebi’s information clearance, which was primitively granted connected November 21, 2022, has been revoked with contiguous effect successful the involvement of nationalist security.

“In the workout of powerfulness conferred upon DG, BCAS, the information clearance successful r/o Celebi Airport Services India Pvt. Ltd is hereby revoked with contiguous effect successful the involvement of National Security," the notification said.

The aviation work institution operates astatine 9 airports, including New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. It provides crushed handling and cargo services crossed large Indian airports successful Mumbai, Cochin, Kannur, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Goa, Ahmedabad and Chennai.

Earlier, authorities sources had suggested that India volition beryllium reviewing contracts fixed to the firm. They had said the authorities volition statesman by reviewing fiscal relations wherever nationalist information is straight linked arsenic Celebi falls nether that category.

Celebi began operations successful India successful 2008. Its services see rider handling, ramp operations, load control, formation operations, cargo and postal services, warehouse management, bridge-mounted equipment, and wide aviation support. It handles implicit 58,000 flights and 5,40,000 tons of cargo annually successful India, employing astir 7,800 staff.

There are calls successful definite quarters for boycotting Turkish goods and tourism successful the aftermath of Turkiye backing Islamabad and condemning India’s caller strikes connected panic camps successful Pakistan. Some online question portals and associations person besides issued advisories asking radical not to sojourn Turkiye.

(With inputs from Manoj Gupta)

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