The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has offered to ply its AC buses at regular intervals to the Trivandrum International Airport in the wake of the indefinite auto/taxi strike that begins on Thursday, according to KSRTC general manager G Venugopal.
Airport director V N Chandran had recently requested chief minister Oommen Chandy to urge the KSRTC to resume its services to the airport. In his proposal, the director pointed out that the operation of low-floor buses to the terminal buildings at convenient intervals would be greatly beneficial to the passengers.
However, the KSRTC is not fully convinced about the feasibility of the route. "The low-floor buses are a stage carrier service and cannot be set aside for airport use. We have had AC buses services inside the airport in 2009, but it was not remunerative. A study needs to be done to ascertain its economic viability," said Venugopal.
15/11/12 Sangeetha Nair/Times of India
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Airport director V N Chandran had recently requested chief minister Oommen Chandy to urge the KSRTC to resume its services to the airport. In his proposal, the director pointed out that the operation of low-floor buses to the terminal buildings at convenient intervals would be greatly beneficial to the passengers.
However, the KSRTC is not fully convinced about the feasibility of the route. "The low-floor buses are a stage carrier service and cannot be set aside for airport use. We have had AC buses services inside the airport in 2009, but it was not remunerative. A study needs to be done to ascertain its economic viability," said Venugopal.
15/11/12 Sangeetha Nair/Times of India
