Delhi airport’s elevated taxiway will be ready in 2022 as 60 per cent of Indira Gandhi International Airport’s (IGIA) elevated eastern cross taxiway (ECT) has already been constructed so far.
“The elevated eastern cross taxiway would be ready by the end of 2022,” Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said on Wednesday.
Pivotally, once the eastern cross taxiway is commissioned, the aircraft taxiing distance will go down drastically from nine kilometres to just two kilometres as it will taxi along the taxiway parallel to runway 11/29 as well as use the eastern cross taxiway to take a straight path to Delhi Airport’s Terminal 1 (T-1) or vice-versa.
According to the DIAL spokesperson, at present, after landing at runway 29/11 or to take off from the runway of Delhi Airport, an aircraft has to cover a distance of approximately nine kilometres. “During this period, flyers have to remain inside the plane.
The elevated ECT of Delhi Airport will also help airlines to save about 350 kg of fuel every time an aircraft uses the taxiing route provided by the eastern cross taxiway from runway 29/11 to T- 1 as well as vice-versa.”
According to the airport operator, this would result in reduction of approximately 1,114 kg emissions of carbon dioxide for each aircraft taxiing along this route. “The ECT will also help airlines to save approximately 350 kg of fuel every time an aircraft uses the taxiing route provided by the ECT from RWY 29/11 to Terminal 1 and vice-versa.
This would translate into a reduction of nearly 1,114 kg of CO2 emissions for each aircraft taxiing along this route. Annually, the ECT is estimated to reduce emission of approximately 55,000 tonnes of CO2 from aircraft,” DIAL said.