As per Ahmedabad airport officials, due to upcoming Republic Day on January 26, as security has been beefed up in all airports of India, according to directives by Airport Authority of India (AAI). The facility of visitors’ passes at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad, will be suspended during January 20 to 30.
This effectively prohibits entry of the people without scheduled flight travel inside the airport premises. At Ahmedabad Airport visitors’ passes are issued to passengers who donot have a scheduled flight ticket, can enter the terminal premises for a few hours to spend time with people known to them. The contract for issuing passes has been given to a third party company, which issues 50-100 passes per day, on an average.
The visitors are allowed to spend time with the travelers at the airport premises outside Terminal 1 and 2 as per airport official.
