After allowing domestic airlines to import Aviation Turibine Fuel directly, the government has decided to permit private firms to use oil PSU-owned jet fuel facilities like refuelling terminal and storages at Chennai and Kolkata airports.

Currently open access to ATF facilities exists at Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore airports.

At a meeting convened on September 24 by Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister,Pulok Chatterji, the issue of open access to ATF facilities of PSUs at airports was discussed.

It was earlier planned that open access would be provided at Chennai, Kolkata, Goa and Mumbai airports by March 2013.

At the meeting, attended by Oil Secretary G C Chaturvedi, it was decided that open access would be provided at Chennai and Kolkata airports by March 2013.
The government had in February conceded to demands of domestic airlines and allowed them to import aviation turbine fuel (ATF) directly.