Delhi International Airport

Swiss International Air Lines flight to Zurich aborts take-off after engine fire in Delhi; passengers evacuated safely, five injured, airport operations unaffected

DIAL on Monday said Delhi airport has become a preferred transit hub, with 1.34 million international passengers transiting through the airport in the last financial year. The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital is the country's largest airport, operated by GMR Group-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL). Citing data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), DIAL, in a statement, said International-to-International (I to-I) transfers increased by 244 per cent, from 3,88,000 in FY 2023 to 1.34 million in FY 2025. The airport provides connectivity to around 150 destinations worldwide. IATA is a global grouping of about 350 airlines. "Aligned with the Government of India's strategic vision to position Delhi as a leading international transit gateway, we have been continuously working to build a hub that connects continents," DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar said.

Delhi and Noida airport chiefs say India is on the cusp of becoming a global aviation hub, driven by rising transfer traffic and expanding international connectivity

GMR Airports' shares gained today after the company announced it had received a Letter of Intent to Award (LOIA) from its subsidiary Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).

Air India is tweaking its international network to enable more I2I connections

The social media has been flooded with criticism of the handling of the ongoing affairs at the aiport

Unlike traditional X-ray scanners, these machines utilise millimetre-wave technology, operating in the 70-80 GHz range

In February, DIAL stated that the increase would raise final airfares by no more than 1.5 per cent on average

Indian aviation rules prohibit airports within 150 km of an existing facility, but Hindon airbase is operating just 30 km from Delhi Airport

Train services at New Delhi Railway Station also suffered, with several trains running behind schedule

A few months back, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) significantly eased the regulations regarding deboarding of such passengers at the terminals

The flight diversions in the national capital occurred as a dense layer of smog enveloped Delhi and surrounding regions, including Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurugram, on Wednesday morning

Delhi International Airport Limited has floated tender for a 7.7 km air train connecting Terminals 1, 2, and 3, with stops at Aerocity and Cargo City, aiming for completion by 2027

Terminal 1 was shut on June 28 when a section of roof collapsed and killed one person and injured six others

The data analysis spans from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024, and includes 17,550 airport ratings that were collected by surveying passengers from 64 countries about their most recently used airports

The quick drop facility eliminates the need for a boarding pass or any biometric verification, reducing processing time from one minute to just 30 seconds

These kiosks will cut time taken by immigration agent/officer by 50 per cent

Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Friday introduced biometric registration kiosks for faster immigration processing, which will be operated under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Immigration (BOI). DIAL said that five kiosks are currently operational at the international arrival pier of the airport and it plans to add five more soon. This expansion will further expedite the immigration process for arriving passengers. The specially-designed kiosks for foreign nationals arriving in India with a visa where biometric information was not collected during the application process, have been set up for the first time at any airport in the country, DIAL said in a statement. Before implementing this new mechanism, visa-holding passengers arriving in Delhi without biometric registration were required to utilise the designated immigration counters, resulting in an average wait time of 4-5 minutes per passenger, the private airport operator said. During peak hours, these qu

The tribunal outlined specific directives that entail a refund of Rs 500 crore from AAI and a waiver of Rs 1,800 crore payment to the authority

As per Delhi Airport's Flight Information Display System, a total of 11 international flights and 5 domestic flights to and from the airport were delayed today