According to officials, on Friday BCAS wrote to seven airlines including Air India, IndiGo, Akasa, SpiceJet, Vistara, Air India Express Connect and Air India Express. It was asked to ensure that the last item is delivered within 30 minutes.
There is good news for air passengers. Now they will not have to wait too long to get their luggage. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has directed seven airlines to ensure delivery of passengers’ bags within 30 minutes. BCAS directed airlines to implement necessary measures within 10 days till 26 February. After this, airlines companies have improved their services. Now after this instruction, air passengers will get great convenience and they will not have to wait long to get their luggage at the airport.
Air India, Indigo also got instructions
According to officials, on Friday BCAS wrote to seven airlines including Air India, IndiGo, Akasa, SpiceJet, Vistara, Air India Express Connect and Air India Express. It was asked to ensure that the last item is delivered within 30 minutes. BCAS began a continuous exercise of monitoring baggage arrival times on the belt of six major airports in January.
being monitored on a weekly basis
The official said that since the beginning of the review exercise, the performance of all airlines is being monitored on a weekly basis and there has been improvement, but it is not in line with the mandate. The first bag should reach the baggage belt within 10 minutes and the last bag should reach within 30 minutes. The official said that this monitoring is currently being done at six major airports. However, BCAS has directed airlines to ensure that the mandatory levels are achieved at all airports where they fly.
