Go thru an Indian airport and see how the muddling and indiffrent immigration officer takes his own time to process your entry. He literally want to know your mother in law's birthday and ask such idiotic questions, while a jumbo load of passengers are waiting in Q.
You mean the famous Indian enlightened bureaucrats are unable to streamline an archaic system even after 60 years.?
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Beijing Promises Airport Nirvana
Posted by Dan on August 30, 2007 at 06:51 AM
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Article in today's People's Daily says Beijing's Capital International Airport will, from today on, "spend no more than 3 minutes [on each passenger] going through customs and less than 10 minutes waiting for a security check:"
Those are just two of the promises made jointly by airport companies, airlines and government departments at a meeting in Beijing yesterday. Dong Zhiyi, general manager of the airport, told a press conference he wanted to provide passengers with a level of service as good as any in Europe, as part of its preparations for next year's Olympics.
The airport has introduced the following measures to reduce waiting times and to improve overall service:
-- Sending delayed luggage on to passengers in Beijing free of charge within 24 hours.
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