Chennai: Passengers may have to wait for a long duration to retrieve their baggage in the new international terminal of the Chennai airport.
Airport sources said the international terminal, which was commissioned recently, has just one baggage ramp, unlike the domestic terminal which has two ramps that facilitate two-way movement of passengers’ baggage.
Hence, the movement of the battery-operated vehicles, which carry the baggage to and from the aircraft, on the ramp is expected to be slow.
Only the departure operations are on at the new international terminal now and the arrival hall is likely to start operating in December, said officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
“We are able to manage now since the departure hall alone is functional; hence, the load handled is relativ
ely less,” an official said.
26/10/13 The Hindu
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Airport sources said the international terminal, which was commissioned recently, has just one baggage ramp, unlike the domestic terminal which has two ramps that facilitate two-way movement of passengers’ baggage.
Hence, the movement of the battery-operated vehicles, which carry the baggage to and from the aircraft, on the ramp is expected to be slow.
Only the departure operations are on at the new international terminal now and the arrival hall is likely to start operating in December, said officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
“We are able to manage now since the departure hall alone is functional; hence, the load handled is relativ
ely less,” an official said.
26/10/13 The Hindu
