Aviation officials to review check-in option in two weeks

New Delhi: The airport Metro line was inspected by a team of aviation ministry officials, security personnel and airport management on Tuesday, a day before it will be opened for the public.
Led by civil aviation secretary Nasim Zaidi, the team comprised of joint secretaries Alok Sinha and Rohit Nandan, bureau of civil aviation security commissioner, chairman of airlines operations committee Pervaiz Khan, CISF, and officials of Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd and Reliance.
"Everything except check-in facilities is in place. It took exactly 18 minutes to cover one leg of the journey from the railway station to the airport," said an official.
Check-in facility will not be made available immediately but officials were hopeful that airlines and Reliance would be able to work out a solution soon. "We will take a review of check-in facilities in two weeks. A lot of options are being considered and we are confident of finding a solution soon," said Zaidi. According to sources, no breakthrough has yet been achieved between airlines and Reliance who are stuck on payment of passenger charges. Reliance has been asking airlines to pay a Rs 80 per passenger charge as a facilitation fee which airlines say that they will not be able to afford.
22/02/11 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Feb 2011