Airlines to be provided with passenger data

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 21

Moving towards better global connectivity from the Chandigarh international airport, the Centre has decided to provide passenger data to the airlines “for these to soar high from here”.

As the case hovering around better air connectivity from Chandigarh took off in the afternoon, Assistant Solicitor General of India Chetan Mittal told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the data on preferences of passengers from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, travelling from Delhi to international destinations, would be provided to the airlines for attracting them to launch new flights.

Elaborating, he said the data indicating the tendency of passengers travelling abroad from the region would to given to the airlines in the form of a presentation for these to explore commercially viable destinations.

The assertion came after several airlines expressed the inability to launch more flights from here on the grounds that these were not commercially viable. The court was also told that some airlines were not too willing to launch more flights due to strict conditions of the Centre’s aviation policy.

The Central Government also told the court that the old building of the Chandigarh airport would be used for aviation training, parking of charter planes and non-schedule operators.