PM inaugurates terminal three at Delhi airport

New Delhi: Manmohan SinghPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government is working towards a regulatory and policy framework, which will be attractive enough to absorb investments worth $120 billion (Rs 5.59 lakh crore) in the aviation sector by 2020. Singh was speaking at the inauguration of the new airport terminal building - T3 - in Delhi, which has catapulted India among the global big boys with a capacity to handle over 34 million passengers annually.
T3, built at a cost of Rs 12,700 crore in a record 37 months, has four boarding piers with 48 boarding gates and 78 aerobridges, which is the highest for a terminal of its size. Three aerobridges would cater exclusively to the Airbus 380 aircraft.
T3 also has many firsts to its credit. It would have 89 travelators, eight of which would be inclined - a first-of-its-kind in India. The 118-metre travelator would be the longest in Asia. The terminal would also have 63 elevators and 31 escalators. The airport is being built by DIAL, a consortium led by Bangalore-headquartered GMR Group, comprising Airports Authority of India, Malaysian Airport and Frankfurt Airport.
The terminal has an eight-storied main building housing 168 check-in areas and 95 immigration counters. The other floors would have a 100-room hotel, lounge exclusively for industrialists, airline offices, floor for baggage handling and two arrival-departure floors. It would also boast of an advanced five-level secure in-line baggage handling system with latest security systems by Siemens.
The terminal would commence commercial operations from July 14. The first aircraft to land will be of Air India from New York. The shift to T3 will be in a phased manner and all international passenger operations will shift from Terminal 2 on July 14. Air India (domestic), Kingfisher and Jet Airways and their low-cost subsidiaries will shift to the terminal on July 30 and 31. Budget carriers IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and Paramount Airways will operate from Terminal 1D (Departure) and Terminal 1C (Arrival).
03/07/10 Business Standard

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