Airlines say no to departure trials

Chennai: Airline companies have decided not to undertake departure trial runs at the new domestic terminal at the city airport until all facilities are made available.
This has prompted the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to decide, after a meeting with all stakeholders in the airport on Thursday, to now have a dummy run instead on July 2 to check shortcomings in the newly-installed systems at the terminal.
The AAI now plans to check the newly-installed systems such as common user terminal equipment (CUTE), building management systems (BMS), computer systems, CCTVs and security systems.
“We do not think it is possible to do the departure trial run before August end, as the aerobridges would be in place only around that time,” said airport director H.S. Suresh. The tender process for the appointment of master concessionaire is also yet to begin, he said.
29/06/12 S. Sujatha/Deccan Chronicle

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