Separate terminal for low-cost airlines

New Delhi: In another first after the mega terminal 3, the capital could soon get an integrated domestic-cum-international terminal complex exclusively for low-cost carriers (LCCs) by next year, like London's Stanstead.
The Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) is planning to operationalize the now mothballed terminal 1A and link it to terminals 1D and 1C that are used by Indi-Go , SpiceJet and Go for departures and arrivals, respectively , for this purpose. These LCCs are learnt to be strongly in favour of such a move.
Terminal 1A was used for erstwhile Indian Airlines and Kingfisher departures till their domestic operations shifted to T3 last month. The combined capacity of terminals 1A, C and D (the 1930-era 1B has been demolished) will be 18 million per annum — nine million for arrivals and departure each.
This will be almost half the capacity of T3s 34-million per annum capacity.
"There are two options before us: shift everything to T3 or have a big LCC complex in terminal 1 for both domestic and international operations . We will take a final decision by next February. If we go in for a dedicated LCC area in terminal 1, the infrastructure like linking the terminals , providing customs and immigration counters, would be put in place by next winter," said a top DIAL official .
06/12/10 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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