T3’s domestic operations will start a month late

New Delhi: Within three days of the inauguration of Delhi’s showpiece Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, it has been hit by delays. Flight operations have been pushed back by at least a month.
International flights, which were to commence on July 14, will start two weeks behind schedule on July 28 while domestic operations, set to start July 31, will begin on August 27.
This means Indian and foreign carriers that were to soon shift to T3 will stay put at the old terminal.
Officials of the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) and the civil aviation ministry said trial runs and test flights would be conducted before T3 is thrown open for regular flights.
“Operations will be calibrated to ensure there are no glitches. To do everything at the same time is not possible and we have to see how various things work. Operationally, this is the way to proceed,” said civil aviation secretary M.M. Nambiar.
DIAL (Delhi International Airport (P). Ltd.) said ‘Terminal Process Proving Flights’ would be held at T3 on July 14 and 15.
07/07/10 Hindustan Times

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