Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Forex counters at airport


Two foreign exchange counters were launched at the international airport here on Monday to offer passengers a range of foreign exchange services.
The services of Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. in the departure and arrival terminal of the airport were inaugurated by Airport Director V.N. Chandran. The integrated travel and travel-related financial services company is re-entering the airport after a gap of five years to offer foreign exchange services.
Addressing a press conference, Mohan Krishna H, company vice-president, Foreign Exchange, said it had bagged the services from the Airports Authority of India for a three-year term through a bidding process. The services being offered include buying and selling currency and travellers cheques and prepaid cards while travelling to and from the country, he said.
He said foreign exchange transactions were to the tune of Rs.5.5 crore a month when the company exited from the premier airport of the State in 2007. Customers, he said, now had access to 11 dedicated forex outlets across the State. “We will give value-added services from the counters in the airport and the rates will be similar to those in other 23 airports of the country,” he said.

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