Mumbai: Anyone who thought that Mumbai airport’s domestic Terminal 1 couldn’t get any more crowded, board a flight from here one of these days. Jet Airways’ closure has left the expansive Sahar Terminal 2 deserted and sent hordes of domestic passengers on to the low-cost carrier flights operated out of the space-starved Vile Parle Terminal 1. The queue to clear pre-embarkation security check is so long that around a dozen passengers, if not more, have been missing their flights on certain days.
“Passengers booked to fly SpiceJet or GoAir or IndiGo (some flights are operated out of Terminal 2) this summer should reach the Vile Parle domestic Terminal 1 at least two or more hours before departure time. Jet closure has increased passenger traffic on Terminal 1 by about 20%,” said a senior CISF official. An aviation source said, “On Monday, at least 15 passengers each from IndiGo and SpiceJet couldn’t clear the security and report to the departure gates on time.”
B N Kumar, a Mumbai-based media professional who boarded a flight to Kochi last Thursday, reached Terminal 1 around 8.10am for a 9.20am flight to Kochi. “I received my boarding pass quickly. When I climbed the stairs to reach gate number 24 to clear security, I saw an incredibly long queue. There were at least 50-60 passengers in front of me in my lane, waiting to clear the security check,” said Kumar.
18/04/19 Times of India
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“Passengers booked to fly SpiceJet or GoAir or IndiGo (some flights are operated out of Terminal 2) this summer should reach the Vile Parle domestic Terminal 1 at least two or more hours before departure time. Jet closure has increased passenger traffic on Terminal 1 by about 20%,” said a senior CISF official. An aviation source said, “On Monday, at least 15 passengers each from IndiGo and SpiceJet couldn’t clear the security and report to the departure gates on time.”
B N Kumar, a Mumbai-based media professional who boarded a flight to Kochi last Thursday, reached Terminal 1 around 8.10am for a 9.20am flight to Kochi. “I received my boarding pass quickly. When I climbed the stairs to reach gate number 24 to clear security, I saw an incredibly long queue. There were at least 50-60 passengers in front of me in my lane, waiting to clear the security check,” said Kumar.
18/04/19 Times of India
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