Buggies at Chennai airport irk passengers

CHENNAI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has allowed battery operated buggy automobiles to ferry travellers throughout the global and domestic arrival terminals at Chennai airport.

Though the transfer was once applied to help senior citizens and disabled passengers, it has irked the travellers who choose to stroll because the common movement of those automobiles is creating inconvenience.

A traveller who returned from Dubai just lately stated, “These automobiles weave throughout the crowd who stroll to the immigration counters from aerobridge or from the gates where buses drop passengers from the plane. The drivers stay honking. This often startles the passengers, particularly those who have arrived after a long flight.”


He also stated, “There isn't any space in the terminals for those cars to force via. The passage to the immigration counters is slim and is full of people when two flights arrive on the same time.” The AAI has no longer installed forums nor do they make bulletins about the availability of those automobiles.


A senior professional of AAI stated, “The battery automobiles that had been used to move people between the global and domestic terminals and metro station have been moved to the terminals. It is meant for senior citizens and disabled people as they stroll from the aerobridge. For example, strolling from gate 17 on the global terminal to the bags declare house may well be unattainable for some people. We have advised the airlines to make use of it for this function. Others also can use them. It is unfastened.”


Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) national president D Sudhakara Reddy stated, “It comes in handy for passengers nevertheless it should be regulated better. I hailed the automobile just lately — because the distance from the aerobridge to the counters is quite far— but he simply drove away with one passenger.”


He also stated that the transfer is excellent as a result of most of the short-haul flights like the ones from Colombo are often parked at aerobridges that are farther from the terminal and people have to stroll for alongside to reach the counters. “The automobiles should be kept only for senior citizens and the disabled. The drivers should be regulated and so they should be informed to carry extra passengers who are in need of the provider. They should discourage younger and wholesome people from the use of those carts,” he added.
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