Mumbai: Hand baggage will not need tags at seven airports from Thursday as part of trials to scrap security stamping procedure. The move follows a decision by the CISF, which handles the security at airports, to do away with stamping of cabin baggage tags.
“We have taken a conscious decision of doing away with the process of stamping handbag tags from Thursday. We have this system of stamping boarding pass and hand baggages (since 1992). This is a system unique to India,” director general of CISF O.P. Singh told reporters .
“The Aviation sector is expanding and we are set to become the third largest in aviation by 2020 and maybe the largest in 2030. So in order to make it more hassle-free for passengers and without compromising on security, we will have a trial run for a week or 10 days, at six metro airports and Ahmedabad,” he said.
Besides Ahmedabad, the other airports are Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
