Shell out more if you are parking at Chennai airport
Posted on: 07/Nov/2014 10:39:34 AM
A passenger to Chennai Airport will not only have to deal with fears of falling ceilings and overflowing toilets but will now also have to shell out 60% more for using the airport parking lot.
The hike comes without any value addition and amid complaints that Chennai, among all other airports in the country, charges the highest rates already, providing zero infrastructural facilities.
Although the four-wheeler parking rate is fixed at Rs 70 (inclusive of service taxes) for spending above 10 minutes inside the airport at present, the owner has to cough up a sum of Rs 135 if the location used by the vehicle is premium, that is, closer to the terminal. The price revision will make sure that this would go above Rs 200.
The main criticism is that the airport charges a high price without providing proper infrastructural facilities, unlike other airports. To put things in perspective, the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai provides a 10-storeyed multi-level car parking (MLCP) facility for 5,200 cars and charges Rs 200 for the first 30 minutes.
