Govt to GMR: need to up Delhi airport passenger figure to 35 m by 2010

New Delhi: The masterplan for modernising and restructuring the Delhi airport has hit a roadblock with the passenger traffic growth projections made by the GMR Fraport-led consortium falling way short of government estimates, both till 2010 Commonwealth Games and over 20 years.
Having already pulled up the consortium over its passenger traffic estimates for 2010, the Civil Aviation Ministry is now seeking major “corrections” in the proposed figures before freezing the masterplan.
A top official told The Indian Express that the ministry has told the builders that their figure of 28 million passengers by 2010 is unacceptable and asked them to ensure that infrastructure by that year should be able to cater to 35 million people.
Asked by the ministry to evaluate the proposals made in the masterplan submitted on September 29, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has found huge gaps in the passenger forecasts made by the joint-venture and government during various phases of the new airport’s development.
03/11/06 Raghvendra Rao/Indian Express

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