Mohali, Aug. 30 -- Member of Parliament from Chandigarh and chairman of the Chandigarh International Airport Advisory Committee, Manish Tewari, on Friday urged that the old terminal of the Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh International Airport be made operational at the earliest. He said this would benefit passengers from Chandigarh and Panchkula, who currently face accessibility issues.

Chairing a meeting of the Chandigarh International Airport Advisory Committee, MP Tewari said it was unanimously resolved to communicate to the Union ministry of civil aviation and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) the demand to designate the Chandigarh International Airport as a Point of Call (PoC).

A PoC is a designated airport where foreign airlines a...