PIA flights shifted to old T2

Delhi: In a snub of jumbo proportions the authorities at the Delhi international airport shifted two Pakistan International Airlines flights to the old T2 terminal at the eleventh hour. Incidentally, the two flights could have been the first airplanes on and off the newly inaugurated T3 terminal. The airport has finally shifted all international operations to the new terminal but the authorities ensured that it should not be a Pakistani plane that initiates T3 into action on Wednesday afternoon. Termed 'Gateway of India', T3 will be the country's biggest airport and the busiest once operations start in full swing.
International flight operations are scheduled to be shifted from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 on Wednesday starting from 2 pm. "We have chosen Wednesday because on this day there will be the least number of flights between 2 pm and 7:30 pm," Andrew Harrison, Chief Operating Officer, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said.
An Air India flight from New York will be the first to arrive at T3 at 4:45 pm while another Air India Jaipur-Delhi-Dubai flight (IC-895) would become the first flight to take-off from T3 at 6:50 pm.
28/07/10 Surender Sharma/MiD DAY

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010, Foreign Jul 2010