When domestic airlines had started shifting to 1D in phases last year, it had created a lot of confusion for passengers as they were unsure of the take-off terminal. But this year, to avoid any confusion and facilitate passenger movement from the new and upgraded terminal at the earliest, all airlines will shift in one go, said DIAL officials.
Said an official from DIAL: “All 58 international airlines which operate from Delhi will shift to Terminal 3 on July 4. Likewise, domestic airlines which will now be operating from here will shift on July 30 and start operations on July 31.” Domestic airlines that will operate from here are Air India (domestic), Kingfisher, Jet Airways along with their lowcost wings — Kingfisher Red, Jetlite and Jet Connect. Spice-Jet, Paramount and IndiGo will continue to function from terminal 1D which was inaugurated last year and 1C (arrival). GoAir will subsequently move to terminal 3 from 1A.
DIAL officials said that international carriers would move to T3 between 12 noon and 6pm on July 14 when least number of foreign flights operate.
And as the swanky, new terminal at the Delhi airport gears up to start meeting huge passenger rush from July, it’s curtains for the existing terminals 1A and terminal 2. While DIAL added that domestic terminal 1A and present international terminal 2 would be decommissioned eventually, sources said that these terminals would be kept on standby till the Commonwealth Games in case there’s a huge rush of foreign tourists for the sporting event in October this year. After the Games, terminal 2 will be used to charter private planes and the 30-year old terminal 1A would become the new Haj terminal for pilgrims.
“The development of T3 is part of the first phase of IGI Airport’s expansion plan. The proposal is to build a capacity for handling 60 million passengers per annum by 2010. Terminal 3 alone can handle 34 million passengers a year,” said a DIAL spokesperson.
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