Forget the free car parking service at the domestic and international airports due to the cash crunch. As the Airport Authority of India has now called to end this service. Airports Authority of India (AAI), that earlier used to provide the free car parking services at the airports, will come to an end from Monday midnight at all airports.
The free airport car parking service was introduced in between the cash crunch issues and then AAI realised to provide some relief by temporarily announcing the free car parking at all of its operational airports.
This service would have been put into the effect a lot earlier but the government of India’s demonetization move puts a break ahead of its implementation. But now the AAI has digitised the process and all airports are provided with the equipment and service to accept the payments through electronic means.
What Airport Authority of India said in its statement announcing no more free car parking at airports?
In the wake of currency-crunch due to the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, the AAI has evolved a digital payment mechanism at all of its operational airports and will commence accepting car parking charges through e-payment transactions using Debit/Credit Cards, Paytm, freecharge and other digital payment methods from Monday midnight, said an AAI statement.
Now, with effect from November 29 (00:01 hrs), AAI resumes charges/fee for car parking, which it had temporarily withdrawn from the midnight of November14, through e-payment transactions at all its operational airports across the nation and hope that air travellers and airport users do get the required facilitations at the airports.
On November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that from midnight onwards, Currency notes of Rs 500 and 1000 will no longer a legal tender and will be just a piece of paper. And then to relive the commoners from the cash crunch, AAI has announced for temporary free parking at all the airports.
