New Delhi (NVI): As the number of domestic and international flights in the national capital scale-up, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has today announced to resume flight operations at Terminal 2 starting October 1, after six months of shutdown.
Currently only operating flights from Terminal 3, DIAL will shift domestic ops to Terminal 2 with GoAir and IndiGo initially operating flights.
While GoAir will shift the entire base to Terminal 2, IndiGo will only start Series 2000 flights from Terminal 2 as of now.
The resumption of operations at T2 will be with 96 air traffic movements (48 departures and 48 arrivals) per day and increase progressively up to 180 by end of October.
About 27 counters – 11 for GoAir and 16 for IndiGo – have been created to cater to the passengers of respective flights.
Terminal-2 of the Delhi airport will cater to 20 flight destinations including Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Cochin, Guwahati, Indore, Jammu, Lucknow, Chennai, Patna, Srinagar, Trivandrum, and Visakhapatnam among others.
The first flight scheduled from T-2 after reopening will be of Srinagar-bound Indigo aircraft that will depart at 6.25 AM, the DIAL stated.
Commercial operations of domestic and international flights were suspended on March 24 this year to contain the drastic spread of coronavirus pandemic in the country. However, on May 25, the government resumed domestic flights in an effort to ease economic activities.
As a result, T-3 of IGI Airport began operations in a calibrated manner.
-CHK
