The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) is studying a proposal to convert new domestic departure terminal T1D, inaugurated less than a year ago, into a general aviation facility to cater only to charter and private flights.
According to the proposal, all airlines operating from T1D at present would be shifted to upcoming terminal T3 before the Commonwealth Games this October, Newsline has learnt.
Inaugurated in April 2009, terminal T1D, originally planned as India’s first terminal exclusively for low-cost airlines, would be shut for normal flight operations once the new integrated terminal T3 becomes functional in July, top sources said. All domestic and international carriers would be moved to T3, it was informed. According to sources, talks about the shift are at an advanced stage after full-cost carriers like Kingfisher and Jet Airways expressed the need to shift their low-cost carriers to T3.
A top Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said: “Discussions are on following various interconnectivity issues. T1D is far from new runway 29-11. This distance increases taxiing time for aircraft considerably. But no final decision has yet been taken.”
12/02/10 Geeta Gupta/Indian Express
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