Parking toll booths juggled at Chennai airport

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the private contractor handling the parking at the Chennai airport have moved the booths around to reduce the time that it takes for a vehicle to exit after the time-punched card is issued.
Recently, the six-lane tollbooths that issue the parking slips into the domestic airport, were shifted closer to the terminal. “This means that they have lesser distance to cover to the exit in the same 7 minutes, so that they don’t have to pay a parking fee,” said Airport Director HS Suresh.
It’s been three months and a bit, since the parking system at the Chennai airport was revamped. And yet, the number of grumbling relatives who come to pick people up, hasn’t really come down. This is because the parking contractor Garuda Aviaton wasn’t able to do away with the rule that they brought in - any car entering the airport must exit within 5 minutes or pay the charge for an hour, which is `60.
14/08/12 Daniel Thimmayya/New Indian Express/IBN Live

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Categories: airports Aug 2012