Airport to put out Sunday best: some work left, schedule final

New Delhi: With no long queues for baggage X-rays and smart shops and cafes dotting its interiors, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport’s new domestic terminal (T1D) promises to offer passengers a totally different experience from what they are accustomed to. Work at the airport, however, is far from over and workers are toiling at a furious pace to meet the Sunday deadline when commercial operations are scheduled to start.
The exteriors still need to be plastered and painted and the road to the terminal is still being laid.
“I don’t know if this building will start functioning on Sunday. It might, if the big people are saying so but the exterior construction will take months to finish,” said Ram Prasad standing on a tall ladder to work on the ceiling.
Airport developer Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Friday announced that three airlines — Indigo, Kingfisher and Kingfisher Red — would kickstart the new terminal’s commercial operations on Sunday.
While Indigo and Kingfisher Red are shifting base from Terminal 1B to Terminal 1D, Kingfisher Airlines is making its shift to Terminal 1A.
18/04/09 Express India

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009