In Hyderabad, where do they go…old airport or new?

Hyderabad: Even as the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RJIA) is getting ready for its opening on March 16 in Hyderabad, a simple-yet-practical question lingers in the minds of many passengers. From which airport does one catch a flight on March 16 — the existing one or the new one?
Make a call to an airline and, probably, you may get the answer, “You will have to go to the old terminal.” Tell them about new-found knowledge about the new airport, they will say, “We are not aware of it, officially.”
Seems surprising, but many travel agents in the city are at a loss too, as airlines still don’t indicate the change in GDS (Global Distribution System), the common pool from which all agents book and sell tickets.
“We have been telling the ticket buyers that they will have to board the flights from the new airport from March 16, as we know it. There is no official communication to us either from AAI or from the airport promoter,” Mr Vijay Mohan Raj, Chairman of Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI-Andhra Pradesh), told Business Line. The airlines must indicate the change of airport in the GDS.
07/03/08 K.V. Kurmanath/Business Line

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Categories: Airports Mar 2008, New Mar 2008