Airports rearranging departures, arrivals to avoid congestion: Scindia

A lot of this congestion is today taking place in Delhi and to a certain degree in Mumbai, and not so much in other airports

Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday met the operators of major airports and other stakeholders on passengers facing long queues at terminals in the peak travel season. Later, in an interview with Deepak Patel, he talked about the steps being taken to deal with congestion, no decision about selling the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI’s) stakes in major airports, and the disinvestment plans for Alliance Air and other two units. Edited excerpts:

Congestion at major airports such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru has been an issue for the past few days ...

We are going through the peak season. The fact