New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi international airport is gearing up for a brand new look to usher in the Commonwealth games.
By 2010, the airport is going to be ready with a state-of the art look — a fully functional metro rail system, a 4.4 km long new runway with the capacity of handling A380 sized aircraft, swanky bars and restaurants, multi-level car parks for 4300 cars, a hotel and an increased passenger capacity of 100 million.
The airport will have am interim terminal that will be ready by 2008 to ease out traffic till a third terminal comes up by 2010. By which time the interim terminal will be used for budget airlines exclusively.
The Delhi airport by 2010 is expected to have a new integrated domestic and international terminal, increasing the capacity from 15 to 37 million passengers per year.
06/12/06 Sanghita Singh/Daily News & Analysis
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