Fast track to flight door

Calcutta: Calcutta airport has promised domestic fliers faster transit from the terminal entrance to the aircraft door in a couple of months.
Conveyor belts with built-in X-rays are being imported from Holland to reduce one step of the check-in process that now takes around an hour when traffic is high.
“The X-ray machines that scan baggage after you enter the check-in zone will be removed. You can head straight to the airline counter and deposit your baggage, which will be scanned on the conveyor belt and registered,” an official said.
The decongestion strategy also includes creating a second entrance for passengers that will allow them direct access to the check-in counters. At present, all passengers and visitors are segregated after entering the terminal by a gate where tickets are checked for the second time.
“The emergency exit has been converted into an additional entry point in the domestic terminal,” airport director V.K. Monga told Metro on Thursday.
He said the long queues at the entrance would disappear once all the measures were implemented.
The airport authorities are also creating 700 square metres of additional space within the terminal to ease congestion. “The efficiency of our system and the airport’s passenger capacity will go up significantly in two or three months,” Monga said.
10/04/09 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009