Chandigarh airport gets in-line baggage screening system

Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 10

Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan inaugurated the in-line baggage screening system installed at a cost of Rs15.8 crore at the Chandigarh International Airport here today.

Chandigarh airport is the first airport in the country to offer such incentive in domestic air travel, which would facilitate passengers for not standing in queue for a longer duration.

Vini Mahajan said Chandigarh International Airport, in its endeavour to facilitate its passengers, had upgraded itself with technological enhancement in the field of baggage handling with the installation of this in-line baggage screening system. She said it could handle 1,500 bags per hour. With the new system in place, passengers no longer needed to queue up for baggage screening. The system would save an average five to 10 minutes per passenger.

Later, Vini Mahajan had a glimpse of the new facilities at the airport. She also held a meeting with officials and discussed about the issues related to further development of the airport. She also reviewed the incentive scheme for airlines to connect new routes/unserved routes from the local airport.

Tejveer Singh, Principal Secretary, Civil Aviation, Punjab, Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, Chief Administrator, GMADA, Girish Dayalan, Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, Air Commodore Tejbir Singh, DK Kamra, Regional Executive Director, AAI, Northern Region (joined via video link), and Ajay Kumar, CEO, Chandigarh International Airport, among others were present in the meeting.