New airport terminal to be loaded with facilities

New Delhi: Come 2010 and what we know as the airport today will be a completely changed area. The integrated 4.4 million sq ft terminal 3, that is coming up next to the present international terminal, should be ready by March 31, 2010, after which all international and domestic full-fare carriers will shift there. The domestic terminal will be used exclusively for low-cost carriers, cargo and maybe general aviation.
Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) officials say that T3 itself will have a capacity of 37 million passengers per annum (mppa) and the IGI airport will have a combined capacity of 60 mppa. While several new roads and a dedicated Metro link will service the new terminal, the present domestic terminals will be put to various uses. Terminal 1B may be used for general aviation though there is no concrete plan for it in place yet.
The new terminal 1B, that is still not ready, will be used for low-cost carriers and will have the distinction of being the first dedicated low-cost terminal in the country. Terminal 1A will also be part of this. The domestic arrival will accordingly be used as arrival for the low-cost carriers and general aviation. The international terminal will also continue to remain in use, though its purpose has not been decided yet.
25/09/08 Economic Times

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