Chandigarh Airport Advisory Committee meeting held 

Chandigarh, January 10, 2025: A meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee of the  Shaheed E Azam Chandigarh International Airport located jointly in Chandigarh and Mohali was held here today. 

It was chaired by the Chandigarh MP & Former Union Minister Manish Tewari and co-chaired by Malwinder Singh Kang the MP from Shri Anandpur Sahib.

The meeting was also attended by members, including HS Lucky, Pawan Dewan, Chandermukhi Sharma, Gurmail Singh Pehalwan, DC and SSP Mohali and other officials of the Chandigarh International AirPort Limited and Indian Airforce .

The Chairperson stressed that Chandigarh Airport be turned into ‘Point of Call’ (POC) for international airlines to facilitate international flights to and from here. 

The meeting stressed the need for improving the passenger amenities at the airport besides increasing the ingress points for easy entry and exit of the passengers. 

It also demanded that free parking time for the vehicles should be increased from 10 to 12 minutes. 

The meeting also flagged the concern over the solid waste piling up on the approach  the runway and demanded that it must be sensitized so that the bird hits are minimized. 

It called upon the rural development department Chandigarh and the Municipal Corporation Mohali to ensure that the access to the runway is sensitized.

The Advisory Committee underlined the need for maintaining cleanliness at the airport at all costs. Besides, it called for sensitizing the airlines’ staff to be sensitive towards friendly behaviour with passengers. 

Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Manish Tewari laid special emphasis on operating the old terminal building of the airport. He said, Rs 45 crores were spent on its renovation between 2011 and 2014 and it has been lying in disuse. 

He suggested that this building should be turned into a full fledged Terminal Number One of the airport as it can immensely benefit the passengers from Panchkula and Chandigarh.

Among others, Ajay Verma CEO, CHIAL, Mayank Gupta Airport Manager, Ashika Jain DC, SAS Nagar, Deepak Pareek, SSP, SAS Nagar were also present during the meeting.