New T1 arrival section ready: DIAL
The Hindu
‘Renovated complex will serve 100 million passengers per year’
Delhi airport operator, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), on Monday said that it has completed the expansion work at the arrival section of Terminal 1 (T1).
In a press statement DIAL said that the pickup lanes outside the arrival terminal have been realigned to give three additional lanes, taking the total number of lanes to 11. The new building will also harness daylight, the statement added.
The expansion work on the terminal once completed will increase the total capacity of the airport to 100 million passengers per year from the current capacity of 60 million passengers per year, a statement released by DIAL said. The statement added that before COVID-19, the actual passenger traffic at the airport had already reached 67 million passengers per year. The new arrival terminal is spread over 8,000 square metre.