Chennai: Come July, Chennai airport will take extra care of disabled persons, senior citizens and pregnant women.
This is thanks to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), New Delhi, which mandates operation of free buggies to transport people from one level to the other, provision of small trolleys beyond security check to carry the hand baggage up to the boarding gate, displaying details of nodal officers to register complaints about airlines.
According to Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Chennai, the circular issued by DGCA on May 26 comes in to effect from July 1, this year.
A senior AAI official said work has begun to implement the various instructions given in the circular. To begin with, two buggies each in the domestic and international terminals will be provided for transporting passengers from the ground level to the mezzanine floor, and vice versa.
Providing small trolleys will only take a couple of months, said the official. The AAI headquarters in New Delhi has to distribute them.
However, another official said the headquarters has advised the airport directors concerned to make arrangements for procuring the trolleys locally. Already, AAI has called for a meeting with airlines on Monday to discuss the DGCA circular, said the official.
25/06/14 P. Oppili/Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
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This is thanks to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), New Delhi, which mandates operation of free buggies to transport people from one level to the other, provision of small trolleys beyond security check to carry the hand baggage up to the boarding gate, displaying details of nodal officers to register complaints about airlines.
According to Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Chennai, the circular issued by DGCA on May 26 comes in to effect from July 1, this year.
A senior AAI official said work has begun to implement the various instructions given in the circular. To begin with, two buggies each in the domestic and international terminals will be provided for transporting passengers from the ground level to the mezzanine floor, and vice versa.
Providing small trolleys will only take a couple of months, said the official. The AAI headquarters in New Delhi has to distribute them.
However, another official said the headquarters has advised the airport directors concerned to make arrangements for procuring the trolleys locally. Already, AAI has called for a meeting with airlines on Monday to discuss the DGCA circular, said the official.
25/06/14 P. Oppili/Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
