Delhi airport’s T3 to welcome domestic flights from Oct 30

New Delhi: After missing two deadlines, the GMR Group-led Delhi International Airport (DIAL) would shift part of the domestic operation to the new terminal,T3, on October 30. With this, air travellers flying by full-service carriers — Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines — would have to drive a few more kilometres to catch their flights.
“The full-service carriers along with their low-cost arms will shift to the T3 on October 30,” a senior DIAL official told FE.
The airport operator is expected to get 220 kva substation from Delhi Transco besides the required water supply from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) ahead of the awaited shift.
“We should get everything (electricity and water line) in place in the next 15 days. The only concern is connectivity by Delhi Metro. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has said the airport line will start in the next 20 days but my feeling is it will take as many as 45 days” the official said.
The new airport expressline was expected to begin ahead of Commonwealth Games in the Capital which kicked off on October 3.
After the first phase of shifting domestic operations of full-service carriers, the low-cost airlines like SpiceJet and IndiGo are also proposed to be moved to the new terminal.
15/10/10 Nirbhay Kumar/Financial Express

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