Terminals

With around 80 airlines serving IGI Airport, it is now considered as home to many Indian airlines like Air India, IndiGo, Air India Regional, SpiceJet, JetKonnect, GoAir and Jet airways that make use of this Airport as their subordinate hub. Currently, there is a terminal dedicated to Hajj, a freight terminal and 2 active passenger terminals.

Terminal 1 – Domestic

GoAir, SpiceJet and IndiGo use Terminal 1 facility which is split into terminal 1C for arrivals and terminal 1D for departures.

Terminal 1C

This terminal is now days used only for arrivals of domestic flights, besides it now has a new expanded greeting area and also a greater luggage reclaims area.

Terminal 1D

This terminal has a whole floor area of 36,000 m2 (390,000 sq ft). It is a newly built interim domestic terminal which commenced operating on 15th April 2009. It can handle 12 million passengers in a year. It has a total of 16 security channels, 16 self check in counters and 72 Common Use Terminal Equipment also called CUTE.

Terminal 3 – Domestic and International

Terminal 3 was inaugurated in 2010. This integrated future terminal has advanced facilities and is the world’s 24th largest building and also the 8th biggest passenger terminal in the world. It spans over 540,000 m2 (5,800,000 sq ft) and has a capacity of 36 million passengers per year.

HOK worked with company Mott MacDonald to design the advanced terminal T3 which is a 2 tier building that spreads over 12 Ha. The lower floor serves as the arrival space and the upper floor is for the departures. Terminal 3 has 78 aerobridges at 65 contact stands, 240 check-in counters and 54 parking inlets, 15 areas for X-ray detection to reduce waiting time, 96 immigration counters, duty free shops and other facilities. Once completed, more than 90% of the passengers can make use of this terminal. The terminal was finished on time for the Commonwealth Games in 2010 which were held in the capital city of Delhi. A motorway with 8 lanes (also known as the National Highway 8) will be connecting it to Delhi as well as the Delhi Metro. Officially, the inauguration of this terminal was on 3 July, 2010. The working keenness of this new and advanced terminal and the handling capabilities of the ground were tested by nine flights. In late July, all international airlines transferred their operations to the new terminal and all domestic carriers with full service shifted in mid November. There are 18 baggage carousels at the arrival area.

There is a multi level car parking with 7 floors and a total capacity of 6,300 cars and it has the first automated parking management and guidance system in India.

In the airport expansion, the development of a building shaped like a ‘U’ will be done in a phased manner and Terminal 3 will form the first phase of this airport development. All international as well as domestic carriers offering full service started their operation from Terminal three in 2010 and the economic cost operations are handled from terminal 1. Economic expense carriers will also shift to the novel terminal compound in subsequent stages.

The long awaited permission for domestic airlines to initiate operating from the New Terminal three has been granted. Despite many obstacles, Air India, acknowledged as a national carrier also initiated its domestic services from Terminal 3 on 11th November 2010. On November 1, 2010, Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways also started operating from the new T3 terminal. Terminal one D is nowadays used only by carriers which are low cost including GoAir.

Hajj Terminal

Specified flights shift to this independent terminal at the time of the yearly Muslim pilgrimage which is called Hajj. This is done to avoid any trouble to other passengers travelling to other parts of the world. The profusion of extra passengers during this time is catered to by a separate area dedicated for Hajj. This way, there is enough space to accommodate these passengers. The capacity of this terminal is almost 10 million travellers annually. Beginning from the 2nd month that comes following the festival of Eid al-Fitr, this terminal is used for about two months. In 2011, it began from 28th September onwards. Plans to make use of the construction for the rest of the ten months of the year too are underway.

Planned Terminals

Terminals 5 and 6

The construction of Terminals five and six will be done at an advanced stage and this will be hit by a terrific growth of traffic. All the international flights shall shift to these 2 terminals and Terminal 3 will then be used exclusively for managing the domestic traffic once these terminals are completed. There are plans for a new building handling cargo. As per the Delhi International Airport limited or popularly called the DIAL, the airport’s yearly passenger capacity will be boosted to hundred million due to these new terminals.

Cargo Terminal

Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management India Pvt. Ltd. manages the cargo and also handles all related operations. In 2007, the airport became the recipient of an award for its exceptional and prearranged cargo handling system. It is situated at a remoteness of almost 1 km (0.62 mi) from the chiefTerminal 3.