New Delhi terminal to open in two phases

New Delhi: Delhiites will have to wait for a few more days before they are able to use to the new departure terminal 1D.
The terminal will be made operational in two phases, starting reportedly on April 11. A few minutes after midnight on the earmarked dates, the entire operations of the airlines that will be shifting to the new terminal will be transferred from the old one. All airlines from the old departure terminal 1B, with the exception of GoAir, will move to 1D and will be joined by Kingfisher Airlines from terminal 1A. GoAir will take Kingfisher's place in 1A.
According to sources, the first phase of shifting will have only Jet Airways and Jetlite move to the new terminal. A week later, when the airlines would have settled down in the new space and all operations would have stabilised, the other airlines will also be shifted. The proposed date for the second phase is April 18.
Sources said that the last departure from the old terminals is around 10.30 pm, so airlines will have close to six hours to move base to 1D before the first flight will take off just before 5am.
The shifting of airlines from one terminal to the other is a highly complex procedure and a team from Munich Airport has been assisting the developers Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) with the operational readiness and airport transfer (ORAT).
01/04/09 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009