Ban on visitors' entry into Chandigarh airport till Jan 28

Chandigarh: Heightening security ahead of Republic Day, Airport Authority of India has decided to place a ban on entry of visitors at the airport complex from Friday onwards. Officials say the order, to be in place till January 28, is nothing new.
“There is no security threat. It’s an annual exercise we carry out during Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations. Visitors include all those coming to the airport for seeing off or receiving passengers,” senior officials told TOI. “Hence, we advise visitors to accompany fliers only till the parking area,” he said, and added visitors’ tickets had also been withdrawn from the counters till January 28.
Airport authorities have also asked flight operators to doubly verify antecedents of travellers flying to and from Chandigarh.
As many as 1,000 passengers visit the airport every day, either boarding or arriving here in five sets of flights operated from here. The carriers include Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Air India and MDLR Airlines.
Speaking to The Times of India, flight operators confirmed to have received instructions from authorities.
16/01/09 Manveer Saini/Times of India

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