To ease road traffic, 1A to tackle Haj flights

New Delhi: Terminal 1A, from which Air India's and Go Air's domestic flights operate at present, will probably be used for Haj operations this year. Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) officials said that this would be a temporary move to decongest the link road from Mahipalpur to the new terminal T3, as the beginning of the Haj season was going to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in October and the road might not be able to handle the increased volume of traffic.
With only one main road linking IGI Airport to the city, congestion is proving to be a huge problem for the airport operator. Once the Games start, the rush is only going to increase. "A tunnel road is coming up and we hope that it gets ready by August end. However, even with that, we are not confident that the road would be able to take the entire traffic headed for T3 along with the Haj traffic.
28/07/10 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010