The IGI airport of the national capital aims to become an important installation of centers in the next two years in the back of the promotion of international passengers and the next facilities, said a senior official of the International Airport of Delhi Ltd. (Dial).
Okay to mark the CEO of Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, the airport is on the way to achieving passenger traffic and destination parameters for an airport of centers.
Currently, Dial operates and keeps the IGI airport.
An Airport of Hub synergy national and international operations so that passengers can travel from one to another perfectly.
Currently, there are no international airports in the country. This has led to a substantial volume or traffic from pins from India to transit through the Middle East and Southeast Asia to reach distant destinations.
Speaking in an event here, Jaipuriar said that the reference points were reached for an Indian Hub Airport of a study was conducted by a consultancy on centers around the world.
According to the parameters to become a center, Igia needs to attend 24 million international passenger traffic.
The airport, said Jaipuriar, has attended around 21.6 million in fiscal year 2015.
“We hope to go beyond the 24 million international passengers in the next two years,” he said.
Besids said that the airport crosses with flights that connect 150 destinations, and more than 70 are international airports.
Jaipuriar mentioned that the growth of Indian -based airlines in the international segment, together with the intake of wide body airplanes, is leading to the creation of a central airport in Delhi.
“At this time, 50 percent of the total international passengers come from Indian operators,” Jaipuriar said in an event held here on Friday.
Increase in connectivity
In addition, he cited that the approach is now must increase connectivity with North America and Europe, as well as in Asia Pacific.
“The meetings are activated with airlines and airports in this region, and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to guarantee connectivity with Auckland airport. And there is a lot of interest on its side,” he said.
“We are waiting for the right son of airplanes to improve connectivity with the APAC region.”
In addition, he said that IGIA cannot be compared with the Mega Aviation centers such as Dubai and Singapore, since these airports depend on 100 percent of international passengers.
“They have no national passengers. However, Igia is comparable to US airports,” he said.
In addition, he said that the facilities that were developed in phase 3 of the airport expansion plan, such as the I-TO-I Transfer area (International to International), have tripled.
“That (expansion of the area of i to i) is helping us,” said Jaipuriar, noting that other facilities have also been developed, such as early luggage storage.
In addition, he said that Dial is performing tests for a gentle transfer of cabin luggage from terminal 3 to terminal 1 for passengers arriving from international destinations and have a connection flight from T1.
Posted on April 11, 2025