Trial check-in facility from Airport express to start

New Delhi: The airport metro express concessionaire, Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) started trials for baggage check-in facility from Tuesday.
The trials, which will go on for a month, are to be undertaken in association with the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) and various airlines.
Said a DAMEPL spokesperson, "The trials were started with DIAL, and now will be conducted with BCAS and the airlines. The entire exercise will take a month to be perfected."
As part of the mock check-in process, boarding passes will be issued and baggage checked in at the Metro stations of New Delhi and Shivaji Stadium. Passengers who get boarding passes and check in their baggage at three city airport terminals - New Delhi, Shivaji Stadium and Dhaula Kuan - will not have to pay anything extra for the facility.
The DAMEPL spokesperson added, "The check-in facility is being started with three national airlines that are on board - Air India, Jet and Kingfisher. More will be added as the facility is opened." The check-in facility is expected to become available from May 1.
30/03/11 Times of India

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