Chaos at T3 as AI shifts 9 domestic flights

New Delhi: Already struggling with staff crunch, the national carrier Air India is now bearing the brunt of the chaos after the shifting of domestic flights to the new Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
After the decision to shift a part of the domestic operations to T3 was postponed last month, the Ministry of Civil Aviation had asked Air India to shift at least nine of its domestic flights to the new terminal.
The infrastructure at the domestic arrivals lounge, however, is not ready yet. This, along with manpower shortage, has led to either cancellation or delay of all Air India flights from Delhi.
On Tuesday, IC 409 to Patna was delayed by over an hour as there was no cabin crew. The pilot, later, requested three members of the crew to stay back and fly. With former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on board, the flight took off at 7.55 am instead of its scheduled time of 6.40 am. Absence of cabin crew also led to IC 843 to Kabul being cancelled.
03/11/10 Indian Express

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