The 'pain' of peak-hour flying at IGI Airport's Terminal 1 could show signs of reducing from next week.
With talks between low cost carriers and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) over shifting of some domestic flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 reaching an impasse, aviation secretary R N Choubey on Tuesday told TOI that the ministry will find a solution within a week.
"We will take a call on what the solution should be within a week. The ministry will help in the decision-making," Choubey said. IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir operate all their domestic flights, both arrivals and departures, from T1 and the combined traffic is such that the terminal is handling more passenger traffic that its capacity, leading to severe congestion during peak hours.
DIAL had earlier suggested shifting some flights of all the three low cost carriers (LCC) to T2 or shifting one or two LCCs to T2 completely. While all the airlines are against splitting domestic operations between two terminals, they have not been able to arrive at a consensus with DIAL over who should shift from T1 to T2.
15/02/17 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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With talks between low cost carriers and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) over shifting of some domestic flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 reaching an impasse, aviation secretary R N Choubey on Tuesday told TOI that the ministry will find a solution within a week.
"We will take a call on what the solution should be within a week. The ministry will help in the decision-making," Choubey said. IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir operate all their domestic flights, both arrivals and departures, from T1 and the combined traffic is such that the terminal is handling more passenger traffic that its capacity, leading to severe congestion during peak hours.
DIAL had earlier suggested shifting some flights of all the three low cost carriers (LCC) to T2 or shifting one or two LCCs to T2 completely. While all the airlines are against splitting domestic operations between two terminals, they have not been able to arrive at a consensus with DIAL over who should shift from T1 to T2.
15/02/17 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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