‘The Guide to Sleeping in Airports’ has voted the Chennai airport as one of the worst in Asia. It ranks number 7 in a survey conducted by the international travel website. The survey was conducted among travellers between September 2014 and September 2015.
The website states, “Survey respondents who travelled to Chennai international airport are divided as to whether the baggage handling or the unclean bathrooms are the worst part of the experience. Baggage-wise, complaints begin with the sheer amount of time it takes for your bags to disembark from the plane. Once you have them, it is then unlikely that you'll find a working trolley or helpful staff – in spite of there being so many of them wandering around. Bathroom-wise, problems tend to stem from the leaking faucets, the dirty floors and the never-scrubbed toilets. This is all particularly remarkable given that the airport added a new terminal and a series of renovations in 2012.”
The Chennai airport has also received a lot of flak from people in the city as proved by comments on social media. Many accidents have also taken place at the airport over the last few years due to shoddy construction work. Despite the amount of money spent on its renovation, the Chennai airport has not reached global standards as stated by the government.
