Goanetters travelling from Mumbai Domestic airport pls take note...Edward Verdes
You can't cab it to airport anymore http://ww3.mid-day.com/midday/scripts/epaper/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddat e=6/29/2006 Air passengers using public transport have to alight 150 m from terminal, but private cars allowed through Going to the domestic airport in a cab? Here's a fair warning. You will be stopped 150 metres from the terminal at the Airports Authority of India (AAI) canteen. Leaving your luggage unattended or at the mercy of the cabbie, you have to get a trolley 150 m away and then wheel it up to the terminal. This affects all public transport but not private cars, which are allowed to get to the terminal building. Ironically, the Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) that has taken over modernisation of the airport has said that the rule came into effect in order "to decongest traffic flow into and out of the airport for maximum passenger convenience." About 25 upset passengers have already lodged a written complaint with the airport authorities. "Even wheelchair bound elderly passengers travelling by taxis are being forced to stop at the canteen," said Hemal Shah (32), a passengers who was inconvenienced. MIAL emailed an official statement to MiD DAY, which said that the decision to disallow public transport till the terminal was "only a temporary measure." Strike work Meanwhile, the taxi union has threatened to go on strike over the issue. "If this continues, we will lose our passengers. Some passengers fought with the taxi drivers, thinking the drivers were deliberately not leaving them till the terminal gate. We have cautioned the airport authorities, but if they do not act we will go on strike," threatened Moh ammed Ayub, president of the City Taxi Union. WhAT? Air passengers using public transport discriminated against WhERE? Mumbai's domestic airport whY? Airport authorities force taxis and rickshaws to stop 150 metres from terminal AND? Private cars are allowed to drive right to the terminal gate Forwarded By Edward Verdes _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
