Teething troubles for T3 as it begins international flight operations

New Delhi: Barring few "teething troubles", international flight operations at the new integrated terminal 3 (T3) of IGI airport here remained largely smooth with about 20,000 passengers using it on the first day, airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said today.
"We have handled around 20,000 passengers, which include 9,200 departing and 10,100 arriving ones on the first day of operations, amidst few teething troubles," DIAL COO Andrew Harrison said today.
Between 4.45 PM last evening and 6.00 AM this morning, the terminal handled around 48 incoming flights and 54 departing ones. "All the stakeholders, including the passengers, expressed their happiness over the facilities at T3," he added.
Out of 102 flights, that operated through the terminal, about 13 were delayed due to various reasons.
"On the first day of the operations, 10 flights were delayed due to to airlines related problems while one Malaysian airlines arriving flight was delayed sue to problem in aligning the aerobridge. A Lufthansa and a British Airways flights got delayed due to improper handling of baggage," Harrison said.
He assured that problems have been rectified and "we would ensure that these problems do not recur in the future".
29/07/10 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010