Full-fledged domestic operations begin at T3

New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways moved their domestic operations to the terminal on Sunday. With this, full-fledged domestic operations finally started at the new integrated terminal T3.
The shift was relatively smooth, barring delays in the first half of the day and problems with baggage claim. Passengers also reported getting lost in the huge terminal due to lack of sufficient signages.
Air India, that had so far been operating alone from the terminal and facing severe mismanagement issues, saw a slight improvement in its performance though the illfated 11 flights continued to face delays and cancellations.
Four flights, one each from Hyderabad, Dubai, Jaipur and Mumbai had to be cancelled while many were delayed by 2-4 hours and the airline yet again had to deal with furious passengers in the morning.
Surprisingly, the airline also saw a 10% increase in its bookings on Sunday over Saturday with number of passengers going up from 30,524 to 32,440. Sunday also saw Delhi recording 100% bookings with 6,856 passengers booked on 6,822 seats offered.
Airline sources said the morning saw delays as it took the staff a while to get used to T3. ‘‘ In the morning, we faced ATC congestion because of which flights got delayed . For the first day, we believe that we did a reasonably good job,’’ said an official.
15/11/10 Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Nov 2010