Ahmedabad: If all plans, shuttle bus services from SG Highway to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) are set to continue operations in a week.
A meeting was held recently between officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the SVPI authority, where the decision to continue the service was taken.
Commissioner of Kota Mukesh Kumar said, “We noticed that a number of leaflets on arrival had to walk a little far to get a taxi.
Some even walk to the Taj Hotel with their luggage.
Thus the bus service will be continued soon.” The top AMC official confirmed that around 15 The bus will be deployed on the route 19 km.
AMC estimates show that 9,000 transit passengers from SVPI airport and shuttle bus services will be useful for leaflets to transit to various parts of the city.
The bus will run from Crossroads Iskcon to the RTO circle to the airport.
The drop-off point at the airport will be near the domestic departure area, and the pick-up point will be close to the arrival area of ​​the domestic terminal.
The ticket counter will be arranged in the airport arrival area.
AMC has this time route and consolidated passengers can utilize bus services at Rs 50, which can be paid in cash or through digital payments or even use Jan Mitra cards.
The shuttle bus service will operate from 6am to 11:00 and will run every 30 minutes.
Further number of passengers is expected to rise, because the Ministry of Civil Aviation Union has given an agreement to airlines to operate domestic flights at a capacity of 100% from Monday, October 18.
All buses deployed for shuttle services are part of the new BRTS electric bus fleet.
In June 2017, the bus service was launched covering a 22-km route from Karnavati Club to SVPI.
The service closed about 16 months later in October 2018, due to lack of.
The source said that to anticipate the celebration of the rush celebration season and resume international flights, this service has begun at the right time.