Delhi airport’s ‘click and collect’ service: Delhi airport’s duty-free store has started a “click and collect” service that allows international passengers to book products online and collect them from the store on the day of their travel, an official statement said on Friday.
“Passengers wanting to avail this facility will first have to register themselves on DDFS website www.delhidutyfree.co.in. For online shopping of liquor they will have to accept a disclaimer that they are above 25 years of age,” said the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) statement.
The duty-free store at the airport is run by Delhi Duty-Free Services Pvt Ltd (DDFS), a joint venture of the DIAL, Aer Rianta International, and GMR
Once the passenger is registered on the website, he or she can enter their travel and passport details.
They can place their order well ahead of their scheduled travel by making an online payment in advance, for which they will be issued a receipt, it observed.
They can then collect their product from the DDFS store at Delhi Airport on the day of their travel, after showing the receipt, it said.
The aviation sector has been heavily impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in the country since March 23 due to the pandemic.
However, special international flights have been operating under Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble pacts signed with various countries since July.
All you need to know about the ‘click and collect’ service:
1. Once the passenger is registered on the website, he/she can enter their travel and passport details. “After this, they can select their choice of product from liquors, tobaccos, makeup, and skincare, perfumes, confectionery, and other travel retail exclusives on the DDFS website,” the DIAL stated.
2. The passengers can place their orders well ahead of their scheduled travel by making an online payment in advance, for which they will be issued a receipt.
3. They can then collect their product from the DDFS store at Delhi Airport on the day of their travel, after showing the receipt.
Mean-while, India has reported more recovery than fresh cases of Covid-19 in the past three weeks. This is the first sustained decline in the number of active Covid-19 cases in India. September 17, according to data on Covid19india.org, is the turnaround date. India has seen only five days of an increase in Covid-19 cases since then (as of October 8).
On a month-on-month basis, (September 8-October 8), the number of active Covid-19 cases has reduced by almost 4,000. The maximum caseload was on September 17, when India had over 10.17 lakh active Covid-19 cases. It came down below 10 lakh on September 21 and now it is less than 9 lakh.
Overall, India has achieved a recovery rate of over 85 percent. The COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped to 1.54 percent, the Union health ministry said on Friday. This translates into the active caseload due to Covid-19 at a little over 13 percent. India currently is the second-worst affected country due to Covid-19. As of Friday morning, the Covid-19 caseload stood at over 69 lakh in India, which saw a rise of 70,496 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Over 59 lakh Covid-19 patients have recovered from the illness. A total of 1,06,490 Covid-19 patients lost their lives in India, 971 of them in the last 24 hours as on Friday morning.
