Delhi airport's rise in pecking order is despite growth of traffic slowing to 14% last year
Even as it has three runways, Delhi's IGI airport barely manages to handle 73 air traffic movements during peak hours, against airlines' combined demand for 90
After proper investigate by the security staff, the passenger was allowed to board the flight
DIAL said that T1 has already exceeded its capacity and it would lead to overcrowding of the airport
The airline has challenged DIAL's order to partially shift operations to Terminal 2
Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) had informed that runway 11/29 will remain closed for maintenance from 0001 hours on November 7 to 0700 hours on November 10 and two other runways -- 10/28 and 09/27 will accommodate its load.
While GoAir has agreed to shift to T2, IndiGo and Spicejet are yet to come on board
While GoAir has agreed to shift its entire operations to T2 and operated its first flight on Saturday morning, IndiGo and Spicejet haven't yet agreed to follow suit
GoAir will be shifting its entire operations to T2 at the Indira Gandhi International airport from October 29
Delhi airport sees over 1200 flights daily and its three runways can handle 67 aircraft movements per hour
Won't provide separate slots to airlines for foggy days due to space constraint, says DIAL
The Air India plane has been grounded temporarily
Carrying arms and ammunition on board an aircraft without authorisation is banned
The accused was intercepted when he was proceeding to depart to Kunming in China
Flying to and from Delhi Airport is set get cheaper as Supreme Court has ordered the government to slash fees for both flyers and parking charges for airlines.The apex court has quashed Delhi High Court's stay order on the implementation and has asked Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) to implement the tariff of the second control period with immediate effect.Under the second control period AERA had cut the User Development Fee (UDF) levied on domestic and international passengers at Delhi Airport to Rs 10 and Rs 45, respectively. Also, arriving passengers will no longer be charged any fees. At present, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) levies Rs 275-550 as UDF on each departing passenger and Rs 233-466 on each arriving one, on domestic flights.International passengers departing are charged Rs 635-1,270 and arriving passengers pay Rs 518-1,048 as user development fee. This includes service tax component.AERA's order for Delhi formally covers the 2014-19 period. ...
Renews proposal for one at Jewar, 100 km from Delhi
The master plan recommends this facility to be available by year 2020: Jayant Sinha
Major airports like New York's JFK, London Heathrow, Hong Kong and Zurich also provide the facility
It also recorded the highest growth rate of 19.1% in the world for November
With rise in domestic passengers, foreign tourists, transit traffic, handled 56 mn flyers last year