Terminal-2 (T2) of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) has been temporarily closed for maintenance work on Monday. Due to this, Indigo and Akasa Air have shifted their aircraft operations to Terminal-1.
The developed T-1 and T-3 will continue to operate normally. Along with this, one runway has also been closed for maintenance. The operation of all flights is also normal.
Terminal-2 (T2) of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) has been temporarily closed on Monday for maintenance work. Due to this, IndiGo and Akasa Air have shifted their flights to T-1, which has been recently developed. High level upgradation work is going to be done at IGI, due to which Terminal-2 has been temporarily closed.
T-2 temporarily closed
An official said on Tuesday that flight operations at the airport are running normally. Now only Terminal-1 and Terminal-3 are operational at this major airport of the national capital. One of the four runways of this airport has also been closed for maintenance. According to media reports, high-level upgradation work is going to be done at IGI. Due to this, Terminal 2 (T-2) is likely to remain temporarily closed for 4-5 months from April.
What did the airlines say
Only Indigo and Akasa Air flights were operating from T-2. This terminal was built about 40 years ago. Now the flights of these two airlines are operating completely from T-1.
IndiGo said on Monday that it has already taken necessary steps to inform passengers about the terminal change on time. At the same time, Akasa Air also issued a statement saying that its teams are working with full readiness for the smooth transfer of operations.
T-1 and T-3 will handle the crowd
According to Delhi International Airport Limited ( DIAL ), the expanded Terminal-1 is capable of handling 40 million passengers annually, while Terminal-3 has a capacity of 45 million. T-2 has a capacity to handle 15 million passengers annually.
Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmuang Vualnam on Monday expressed confidence that T1 and T3 will together handle the traffic and there is no possibility of any congestion due to the closure of Terminal 2.
The IGI airport handles around 1,300 flights daily.
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