Multi-level car parking becomes operational at Chennai airport, but users face long queues.

“It was a very time consuming effort too. They should ease the congestion at the earliest,” the cab driver added.

In the new system, private vehicles that enter the Chennai airport for picking up and dropping off passengers should exit the premises within 10 minutes failing which they will have to pay a fee. With two wings, the parking lot can house 40 two-wheelers and 728 cars in the east wing, 1,450 cars can be accommodated in the west wing.

“It was a very time consuming effort too. They should ease the congestion at the earliest,” the cab driver added.

In the new system, private vehicles that enter the Chennai airport for picking up and dropping off passengers should exit the premises within 10 minutes failing which they will have to pay a fee. With two wings, the parking lot can house 40 two-wheelers and 728 cars in the east wing, 1,450 cars can be accommodated in the west wing.

Officials said the cabs would have designated points to pick up in the ground floor of the west wing and first floor of the east wing for arrival passengers coming out of the domestic and international terminals.

The parking charges too have been announced by the AAI. People who park cars and two-wheelers will have to pay ₹100 and ₹20 respectively per hour. An entry charge of ₹40 will be collected for taxis, which enter the airport to pick up passengers. Valet service will cost ₹150 in addition to the parking fee.

“It was a very time consuming effort too. They should ease the congestion at the earliest,” the cab driver added.

In the new system, private vehicles that enter the Chennai airport for picking up and dropping off passengers should exit the premises within 10 minutes failing which they will have to pay a fee. With two wings, the parking lot can house 40 two-wheelers and 728 cars in the east wing, 1,450 cars can be accommodated in the west wing.

Officials said the cabs would have designated points to pick up in the ground floor of the west wing and first floor of the east wing for arrival passengers coming out of the domestic and international terminals.

The parking charges too have been announced by the AAI. People who park cars and two-wheelers will have to pay ₹100 and ₹20 respectively per hour. An entry charge of ₹40 will be collected for taxis, which enter the airport to pick up passengers. Valet service will cost ₹150 in addition to the parking fee.

“There are pedestrian pathways and sky bridges or connecting tubes have been built for passengers to shuttle between the parking facility and the terminals. The sky bridge will be linked to the east wing in level three and west wing in level two,” an official said. There will also be designated points for the differently-abled persons in front of the arrival hall of both terminals.

THE HINDU