Very soon, passengers flying out of Delhi wouldn’t have to keep their belongings in different trays during security check. The airport operator, Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL), has imported customised trays from Singapore that will have different sections to keep jackets, laptops, mobile phones, as part of its plan to shorten queues at the Terminal 1D.
During a visit to the Terminal 1D in August, which has been unable to tackle the unexpected passenger traffic, Civil Aviation Secretary R. N. Choubey reviewed a proposed decongestion action plan. After a review meeting with stakeholders, a plan along a timeline was discussed. To facilitate speedy screening of hand baggage, DIAL was asked to place orders for the specialised trays by August 31.
“The trays are similar to the ones used at Singapore’s Changi airport. The order was placed in August and we will get the trays by next week,” said a DIAL spokesperson.
With these trays soon to be in use at the terminal, passengers will have to keep their jackets, laptops, mobile phones, wallets and loose change into these for scanning. Since they will not be required to keep these articles in separate trays, the move is expected to save time and keep the security queues short.
“Passengers would not have to place different items in separate trays as these new trays have separate sections. This will also ensure that more items would move through the X-ray baggage screening machines at the same time as one passenger would need just one tray instead of two or three,” he said.
