Chennai airport gets facelift

CHENNAI: In a bid to provide improved service to the growing number of passengers at the Chennai international airport, a new arrival terminal and an express courier terminal have been opened.

According to airport officials, the arrival terminal had been opened in an area of 9,500 sq metres, yesterday. The huge new arrival hall was provided with four modern slope type conveyor belts, which would help passengers to pick up their baggage without much strain. Apart from this, two escalators and an elevator were some of the other facilities added to the arrival hall.

The new arrival hall had 22 Customs counters and 20 Immigration counters for the convenience of passengers and speedy clearance of international passengers.

The courier terminal had been created in a total area of 2,200 sq metres in two floors. While the processing of consignments would be done in the ground floor, backup offices of courier companies would function in the first floor.

This is the second exclusive Express Courier Facility created by the Airports Authority of India.

Currently, about 400 courier bags were being handled through passenger terminals. As the express courier cargo traffic was increasing at the rate of 25 per cent per annum, the new facility would serve as a hub for the growing needs of express courier trade for the Southern part of the country, the officials added.