GMR's plan to decongest IGIA domestic terminal

Private airport operator GMR has put in place an action plan to decongest the domestic terminal (1D) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The action plan include optimum utilisation of check-in counters, introduction of flap gates at the boarding place and an increased boarding gate area among others.

Budget carriers IndiGo, GoAir and SpiceJet currently operate from this terminal, which was built to handle 16 million passengers annually.Civil Aviation Ministry has already given its nod to the action plan, after aviation secretary RN Choubey  held a review meeting during a recent visit to the Delhi Airport, an official release said on Saturday.

The review meeting was also attended by officials from CISF, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) besides senior management of Delhi International Airport limited (DIAl), the joint venture company which runs IGIA.The civil aviation secretary during the meeting emphasized for better coordination among all stakeholders including government agencies to provide a passenger friendly environment at the airport, the release said.