Pune: Walk into the waiting lounge at Pune International Airport at any point in the day, and chances are you’ll find hundreds of passengers sitting there, bent over their laptops and smart hones. So perhaps the airport authorities have chosen the perfect way to make the passengers feel right at home with the announcement that the airport will soon be WiFi-enabled.
Come September, nearly 10,000 travellers that pass through the airport each day can avail of the WiFi service within the airport premises, said airport director Manoj Gangal. “We are striving hard to provide the best-possible service to passengers who arrive at and depart from Pune Airport, so we have decided to install a WiFi network for their convenience as well,” Gangal told mid-day. “The WiFi connection will be free for the first 30 minutes, after which passengers will have to pay for the service depending on their usage,” said Gangal, adding that, on an average, passengers spent between 20 and 30 minutes waiting for their flights, so several would benefit from the free first half hour. Most Indian passengers currently use their own mobile data service or internet dongles to connect to the web while at the airport. The WiFi service will not only help them, but also passengers from abr-oad, who have to shell out big money for data use while roaming.
11/08/14 Anuj Ismail/Mid Day
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Come September, nearly 10,000 travellers that pass through the airport each day can avail of the WiFi service within the airport premises, said airport director Manoj Gangal. “We are striving hard to provide the best-possible service to passengers who arrive at and depart from Pune Airport, so we have decided to install a WiFi network for their convenience as well,” Gangal told mid-day. “The WiFi connection will be free for the first 30 minutes, after which passengers will have to pay for the service depending on their usage,” said Gangal, adding that, on an average, passengers spent between 20 and 30 minutes waiting for their flights, so several would benefit from the free first half hour. Most Indian passengers currently use their own mobile data service or internet dongles to connect to the web while at the airport. The WiFi service will not only help them, but also passengers from abr-oad, who have to shell out big money for data use while roaming.
11/08/14 Anuj Ismail/Mid Day
