Jun 02 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)

Don't bother about stamping baggage at airport 

any more

Chennai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





The Chennai airport has done away with stamping of tags for cabin baggage from Monday after the Central Industrial Security Force implemented the nobaggage stamping policy.A senior official of Airports Authority of India said the first day went off without a hitch as the authorities had already completed a weeklong trial in the first week of last month. “The move has eliminated an unnecessary inconvenience for the passengers. Now, they can just walk in for security check after checking in and getting a boarding pass from the airline counter,“ he added.
Earlier, passengers who missed tagging a piece of cabin baggage were sent back by the CISF men to the counter to obtain tags. This created confusion and anxiety among passengers, airport director G Chandramouli said, “We got the order to implement the system on Wednesday.“
With this, Chennai airport has joined other airports where baggage stamping was done away with in April. The AAI is working on modernising many procedures at the airport and also upgrading infrastructure.
A team of officials would be visiting Chennai from Delhi on Friday to hold discussions on phase II expansion of the airport which will include straightening of a taxiway and building new terminals.