New Airport Terminals | Tiruchirapalli International vs Pune International

Introduction

This is simply a speedy relationship of my experiences astatine 2 new airdrome terminals successful India - the lesser known Tiruchirappalli (code TRZ), and the large headache, besides known arsenic Pune (PNQ). One was a breeze to navigate, portion the different was a royal pain. Read connected to cognize more.

How did I get to usage the each caller terminal astatine Tiruchirapalli (TRZ)

A fewer facts astir the Tiruchirapalli Airport are contained here (Airport Experiences | Small airdrome (Tiruchirappalli) vs Larger 1 (Hyderabad)). I had to marque an authoritative travel to Hubballi. Rather than spell to Bengaluru by a dilatory train, and past find my mode from there, I discovered that determination was this aboriginal departure to Bengaluru connecting to Hubballi aft a 5 hr wait.

Highlights of the trip:

1. Experiencing the each caller Terminal of Tiruchirapalli International Airport
2. Taking a ace abbreviated formation into Bengaluru
3. Experiencing a ace agelong hold astatine Bengaluru
4. Taking an ATR72 craft to Hubballi

Experiences astatine Tiruchirapalli International Airport

Getting to the airdrome aboriginal successful the greeting needs immoderate planning. Most section folks trust connected the Red Taxi aggregator service, but I played it safer by booking a cab via Best Track, different work provider. I got an immaculately maintained WagonR which took maine determination successful little than 20 minutes. For those of america who person utilized this airdrome earlier, it was the aged terminal operating until a fewer months back. The caller terminal promised that small measurement up connected style, but it turned retired to beryllium rather a accelerated transition too. From introduction to my gate, I was done successful little than 10 minutes.

What I liked

1. New terminal minus the crowd
2. Not overdone astatine all

What could person been better

1. Bins astatine information cheque are astir the micro benignant - conscionable astir clasp a 14" laptop
2. Check successful tin beryllium a hassle if determination are 3 oregon 4 planetary departures bunched together

Entry - enactment the apical of the "Gopuram" disposable astatine departures level

Motif

Walking towards cheque successful - this rather resembled the Chennai's aged International departures (I deliberation it is called Terminal4 now)

Walk station Security - hardly immoderate passengers astatine that time

Gate2

More gates

View of the tarmac

Wanna drawback forty winks? Tucked distant successful 1 corner

Old terminal (now Cargo), arsenic viewed from the caller one

An A320 passing by a parked ATR72

So adjacent the aircraft, yet truthful far. I ever wonderment wherefore passengers cannot conscionable locomotion crossed to the waiting craft (a mean signifier successful Pune)

At Bengaluru

Nothing caller to study present - Digiyatra worked astatine the longer transportation gross (the 1 aft the baggage claim), and I was backmost astatine departures level successful nary time, station which it was a agelong long hold for my adjacent cute flight.

Requests are meant for radical not to honour

Big vertebrate successful the background

Cute aircraft

Inside the ATR72 - boarding and alighting is from the rear of the aircraft, and 2 seats close up beforehand are backward facing. Also, spot numbers are printed supra the overhead bins. If the hatch is open, spot fig isn't visible

Kanjoos Curated Snack Bag

Hubli Airport - unhindered view

Experiences astatine Pune's each caller terminal

No pictures present successful compliance to Pune Airport protocols. Every acquisition astatine this caller terminal was a pain, and is described below

1. I archetypal went to the erstwhile aged terminal lone to beryllium told that my formation would present permission from the caller terminal. Airlines would nonstop substance messages for each non-priority items, but missed retired connected this.
2. My legs are successful bully signifier truthful I managed to locomotion to the caller terminal successful little than 5 minutes. What astir aged folks oregon those who aren't arsenic agile?
3. Entry to the terminal - possibly the lone constituent which was quick.
4. Baggage Scanner - lone 1 scanner shared by 3 airlines viz. Star Air, Air India Express, Akasa Air. Once bags came retired station scanning, there'd beryllium messages successful the aerial by the respective unit wanting to cognize which container was intended for which airline.
5. Check In - implicit chaos. Passengers meant for an earlier departure were moved up successful the queue portion passengers similar maine reporting good successful clip looked similar fools. It was lone aft I made immoderate sound similar Desi Boys that my container was accepted.
6. Security Check - implicit madness again. Trays weren't being circulated and folks tried to drawback each tray they could laic their hands on.
7. Forty minutes from introduction to Gate - a grounds of sorts astatine an Indian Airport successful caller years!
8. Next astonishment - nary Departures committee seen anywhere; yet recovered 1 tucked distant successful 1 country astatine Gate5
9. Next treasure hunt - to find a loo, but nary signboards anywhere. Found 1 yet determination other Gate8. The loo was cleanable and good done, but I uncertainty the inter-urinal separators would past excessively long. They're excessively flimsy.

Finally, boarded astatine Gate4 connected a packed flight, which pushed backmost astir connected time. Phew!!!

Summing it up

There were immoderate pleasing looking bits astatine Pune's caller terminal, but the acquisition was acold far acold from satisfactory. Tiruchirapalli was leagues ahead, debased passengers notwithstanding. I wonderment wherefore a caller terminal that handles ample postulation cannot person their systems successful spot earlier going live.

New Airport Terminals | Tiruchirapalli International vs Pune International

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