New Delhi: The new terminal at the Mumbai International Airport is billed as one of a kind in India, a promotional line its developer GVK Airports attributes to its super-swank features. Terminal 2 (T2) is also one of a kind from a very different perspective.
It's the only airport terminal in India where security checkpoints precede immigration counters, a system that has run afoul of the Union home ministry and might upset plans for inauguration in September. The ministry has opposed the "rather peculiar arrangement" at T2 because the security rulebook at all airports in India has been designed for a system where passengers pass through immigration counters first before proceeding for security check.
The reversal of the standard setup could lead to "utter chaos" if passengers are turned back from the immigration counter, according to a senior government official who spoke to ET on the condition of anonymity. "CISF personnel will have to cancel the security clearance of such passengers. But there is simply no standard operating procedure for such an eventuality," said the official.
Mumbai International Airport is a joint venture between a consortium led by GVK that owns 74% stake and government-run Airports Authority of India (26%).
26/07/13 Aman Sharma & Binoy Prabhakar/Economic Times
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It's the only airport terminal in India where security checkpoints precede immigration counters, a system that has run afoul of the Union home ministry and might upset plans for inauguration in September. The ministry has opposed the "rather peculiar arrangement" at T2 because the security rulebook at all airports in India has been designed for a system where passengers pass through immigration counters first before proceeding for security check.
The reversal of the standard setup could lead to "utter chaos" if passengers are turned back from the immigration counter, according to a senior government official who spoke to ET on the condition of anonymity. "CISF personnel will have to cancel the security clearance of such passengers. But there is simply no standard operating procedure for such an eventuality," said the official.
Mumbai International Airport is a joint venture between a consortium led by GVK that owns 74% stake and government-run Airports Authority of India (26%).
26/07/13 Aman Sharma & Binoy Prabhakar/Economic Times
