GHIAL awards airport shuttle contract to Raj Travels

Hyderabad, Dec 13 (UNI) GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), which is developing Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, has awarded the airport shuttle contract to Shree Raj Travels and Tours Limited for a period of seven years.

Around 125 air-conditioned airport shuttle buses would ferry passengers from 15 designated locations in the city to the airport at 15-minute intervals during peak hours and at 30-minute interval during non-peak hours once the airport is commissioned on March 16, 2008, a release here said.

The buses would have Wi-Fi facilities for the passengers to access internet.

The release quoted GHIAL CFO Rajgopal Swami as saying, ''we are constantly striving to enhance facilities for the passenger at the new airport. Our association with Shree Raj Travels and Tours is another step in this direction.'' UNI