Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj Airport is ready for international flights. The airport authority has established green and red channels. Immigration e-gates were also installed here. International flights will start from here as soon as it gets the status of custom airport. The airport authority has recently installed immigration counters. Now, electronic gate has also been installed here. Senior officials, including Director Ramji Awasthi and Deputy General Manager of the Authority Alok Tripathi, were present at e-Gate inauguration ceremony.

 

Five counters have been made in the arrival area and four in the departure area. Green and red channels have been created here as per international standards. Custom counters have also been made. For an international level airport, it is necessary to increase number of security personnel as check in and arrival process may take longer than domestic. The authority had requested Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to increase the number of personnel for this. The Bureau has also given in-principle approval to increase 85 jawans. At present, 170 security personnel are deployed at the airport. There is a proposal to increase their number to 400 in future.