IGI's jumbo flight

New Delhi: On July 14, Air India's New York-Delhi flight (AI 102) is expected to land at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at its usual time of 4.45 pm This flight, however, will mark a historic moment.
The direct New York-Delhi flight of the national carrier, which will take off from the JFK Airport, will be the first flight to arrive at IGI airport's brand new Terminal 3.
About two hours later, Air India's Delhi-Dubai flight (AI 895), will earn the honour of the first departure from T3.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the new integrated terminal on July 3. Flight operations, however, will start from July 14 after all international airlines shift to T3 from the present international terminal. Domestic operations will begin from July 31, again with an Air India flight from Chennai.
Spread across 5.4 million sq ft, T3 is set to be the eighth largest airport terminal in the world. The building's sprawling piers is 1.2 km from one end to the other.
To help passengers cover the distance, T3 will have 89 ‘travelators', in addition to 63 elevators and 31 escalators. Eight of the travelators will be inclined, a first in India.
11/06/10 Sidhartha Roy/Hindustan Times

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