Greek veteran to oversee modernisation of Delhi

New Delhi, July 20 (UNI) Mr Ioannis Papastefanou, a Greek veteran with experience of working at 20 international airports across the globe, has joined the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) as chief operating officer.

DIAL is a GMR-led consortium set up to modernise the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.

Mr Papastefanou (fondly called Yani) will head operations to convert the IGI Airport into a world-class aviation hub before the start of Commonwealth Games in 2010. He had a similar task at hand when he worked on the privatisation and setting up on new Athens airport in 2001 and then during Athens Olympics in 2004.

Besides airports, Mr Papastefanou has worked with international airlines as KLM and Lufthansa and with American Express.

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