World's biggest aircraft will fly in for T3 party

New Delhi: Size matters and how. The world’s biggest commercial aircraft, Airbus A 380, may fly in on July 14 when the country’s biggest airport terminal, IGI’s T3, becomes operational. The Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has sent invites to the heads of all international airlines that fly to IGI to showcase their products at the grand T3 inaugural function.
One of the leading Gulf carriers, which has a whopping 90 A 380s on order and is a market leader in India, had earlier expressed the desire to send the aircraft on July 3, the inauguration day. But concerns over the security of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will inaugurate the terminal, and the fact that the superjumbo may compete for limelight with the spank new T3, made authorities here suggest another date.
The airline will now send the aircraft on the first day of operations of T3 — July 14-15. Sources said authorities here will seek a one-off permission to bring the superjumbo as a grand finale to the inaugural ceremonies.
The A-380 won’t be the first aircraft to land once T3 begins operations on July 14. An Air India aircraft will be the first plane to have passengers embark or disembark from T3.
25/06/10 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010