New Delhi: On November 6 this year, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport witnessed the highest air traffic movement ever, which was recorded to be 1,082. With the airport gearing up to enter the league of top ten busiest airports in Asia in near future, DIAL is planning to expand its terminal 1D to cater to the increasing number of passengers.
As the capacity of the domestic terminal is expected to shoot up from the existing 13 million to 30 million after the expansion, the master plan for the airport also talks about a fourth terminal and a fourth runway, which DIAL said will be put in place to deal with the traffic as per future requirements.
Spread over 5,100 acres, the IGIA, at present, has three runways operating simultaneously. "We even have recorded handling of over 75 flight movements in an hour, and recently raced out the Mumbai airport in handling of large number of passengers and air traffic movements," said a DIAL spokesperson.
23/11/15 Anvit Srivastava/Times of India
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As the capacity of the domestic terminal is expected to shoot up from the existing 13 million to 30 million after the expansion, the master plan for the airport also talks about a fourth terminal and a fourth runway, which DIAL said will be put in place to deal with the traffic as per future requirements.
Spread over 5,100 acres, the IGIA, at present, has three runways operating simultaneously. "We even have recorded handling of over 75 flight movements in an hour, and recently raced out the Mumbai airport in handling of large number of passengers and air traffic movements," said a DIAL spokesperson.
23/11/15 Anvit Srivastava/Times of India
