Chandigarh airport adjudged second cleanest, safest in India

Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 15

The Chandigarh international airport at Mohali has been adjudged as the second cleanest and safest airport of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) under the category of having passenger traffic between 1.5 million and 5 million.

Prince Dildar, spokesperson, Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL), said the Swachhata Award-2019 was presented by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri at the Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, yesterday.

Bags six awards

The spokesperson said the Chandigarh airport bagged six awards in a span of one week. “The four awards — Best Airport by Size and Region, Best Environment and Ambience by Size, Best Customer Service by Size, Best Infrastructure and Facilitation by Size — have been conferred by the AAI for 2019 in 2 to 5 million passengers per year in the Asia-Pacific category,” he said.

“The fifth award is Swachhata Award-2019 conferred by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, while another award, received by the Chandigarh international airport, is ‘India’s Best Airport’ award under 25 million passenger categories by Wings India for excellence in the aviation sector by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI,” Dildar said.

“We are thankful to the Punjab and Haryana governments, who hold 24.4 per cent stake in the airport, for their valuable support and contribution towards making this dream come true. The airport is quite sensitive towards the Swachhata drive being undertaken by the Government of India and we are leaving no stone unturned to keep the terminal spick and span,” Ajay Kumar, CEO, CHIAL, said.