Delhi (DEL) | Indira Gandhi International Airport

[Suncity]

Thanks for the website! I hope they regularly update it.

[ramkan]

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 03:55:15 AM]

NEW DELHI: After Nagpur and Hyderabad, Delhi may be the next destination which will have its own aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities. The new airport operator, Delhi International Airport (DIAL), plans to have an independent MRO centre as part of the upgraded airport complex by ’10. After freezing its masterplan for Delhi airport, DIAL plans to float a global tender, inviting international players to set up the facilities on a revenue-sharing basis with the airport operator.

A similar route is being taken at GMR Hyderabad International Airport, the new-green field airport set to open its doors in ’08. Hyderabad Airport International will soon float a global tender asking for proposals from international MRO service providers in this field.

Apart from line mantainence, modifications, component repairs, the new MRO facilities will have the capacity to take up engine overhaul and heavy checks in both narrow and wide body aircraft. “The Hyderabad facility is likely to be ready at the time of commissioning of the airport,” sources told ET.

Airline analysts note given the volume of air traffic over Delhi, which has grown by 50% over the last one year, the Capital has the potential to act as an MRO hub for domestic and international carriers in South Asia and South-East Asia. US-based airline major Boeing last month announced setting up of an MRO facility at Nagpur with an investment of around $100million.

When contacted, DIAL officials said it is too early to put a fix at the investment required for setting up the MRO facility at Delhi. However, sources said the start-up investment could be to the tune of Rs 150 crore, which would be increased as heavy maintenance and checks are taken up.

Internationally, MRO facilities are getting outsourced, with US market outsourcing almost 55% of its commercial aircraft MRO work. The global MRO market is currently estimated to be worth around $49bn.

Recently several companies have announced plans to foray into setting up MRO facilities, including Bangalore-based Taneja Aerospace and Aviation and Wadia group in association with Singapore Airlines arm.

Airbus Industries too is supposed to set up training and MRO facilities as part of its offset-agreement with Indian airlines. Most in the industry anticipate that the coming months will see a growing demand for airline technicians and engineers to offer such services.

[monyaam]

the new orange/black chairs at Delhi airport looks cool. I guess they imported it from spain.

[astObs]

Nice pics, I love the 4 star general's Ambassador in pic #13.

[cptracker]

http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/27airport.htm

What Mumbai, Delhi airports will be like
Bipin Chandran & P R Sanjai in New Delhi/Mumbai

September 27, 2006 11:13 IST

An elevated six-lane road from the Western Expressway in Mumbai will get you to the international airport in half the time it takes today.

An automated mini-train will make it easier for passengers to shuttle between the domestic and international terminals.

And parking will no longer be a problem -- you can drive up the multi-storied parkway and even have a sumptuous dinner in one of the two five-star hotels within the airport complex.

With its electronic walkways and even a small golf course, Delhi's airport might give you a feel of Singapore's Changi airport. If you are taking the Delhi Metro to the airport, you can check in at the station with your baggage in Connaught Place rather than in the airport.

For those who want to travel by the A-380, the world's largest aircraft, the good news is it will be able to land in both airports.

However, for all these goodies you will have to wait a while longer. By 2010, both airports are expected to complete their first phase and be up and running. GMR Infrastructure, which bagged the Delhi airport and the GVK Group (Mumbai), are working to submit master plans on October 4.

"The airport will be a completely new building with better facilities. We are seeing how it can be built according to the time-table of 2010," said a source working on the development of the Delhi airport.

The Delhi airport will have a new terminal for domestic as well as international flights.

The modernisation of the Delhi airport is expected to cost about Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) over the next 15 years.

In the first phase, to be executed over a five-year period, the investment will be Rs 2,800 crore (Rs 28 billion). Mumbai airport (where the existing infrastructure will be expanded) will be able to cater to 40 million passengers a year -- nearly double the current capacity.

The investment tag is Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion) -- Rs 5,800 crore (Rs 58 billion) in the first phase. The Delhi airport will have the capacity to handle double the number of passengers it currently does -- about 35 million. That can go up to 100 million after 2015.

There is more good news for passengers. They will not have to wait long at check-in counters. In Mumbai, for instance, 150 check-in counters at various levels are to be set up, nearly double of what the airport currently has.

Also, you will no longer need buses to ferry you to aircraft. Delhi has only seven aerobridges now. But this number will go up to 30 after the first phase.

According to the development plan, the Delhi airport will have four runways. In the first two years itself, a parallel runway will be established in Delhi to ease traffic congestion.

The Mumbai airport is also considering a cross-runway or a parallel runway.

[Suncity]

Looks like they are changing the facade of the Domestic Terminal 1B? Also they have made some road space in front by demolishing some of the stupid stuff that the silly AAI had built

photo copyright nagayamax

[cptracker]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...42,curpg-1.cms

New airport master plan finalised
Saurabh Sinha
[ 3 Oct, 2006 0948hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

NEW DELHI: The IGI 'duckling' is all set to transform into a princess. The GMR group, which bagged the project to modernise IGI, has finalised the master plan for the new airport and will submit it to the Centre this week. Once the civil aviation ministry clears the plan, execution will begin early next year.

A new integrated domestic-cum-international airport with a capacity to handle up to 35 million passengers annually near the existing international airport by March 2010 will be built in the Capital.

The Metro links to the new airport would have two stops there like Paris' CDG I and CDG II and the Heathrow stops for its terminal IV and terminals I, II and III.

Prepared by UK-based design consultant Motts Mac-Donald, the master plan proposes a new airport with integrated domestic and international terminals near the existing international airport by March 2010 and an additional runway by 2008.

"This airport would have an annual capacity of 30 to 35 million passengers annually. According to projections, traffic would rise from 16 million in 2005 to about 27 million passengers annually in 2010," said sources.

The terminals would have two Metro stops, just like big airports abroad like Paris, London and New York. The Union civil aviation ministry wants the dedicated CP-IGI line to be ready in time for the Commonwealth Games.

Different partners in the new JV company formed to modernise IGI, Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL), would have a separate role in the job.

While GMR group will invest the largest part of the Rs 3,200-crore expansion plan of the first phase (that is till 2010), the Fraport group (which handles Frankfurt airport) would operate the new airport. The Malaysian partners would develop the retail area in the form of huge duty free shopping arcades, said sources.

DIAL is yet to decide the fate of the existing domestic and international terminals. While these congested terminals are getting some cosmetic changes like new tiles and better toilets, the options for them after 2010 are quite limited.

They may be used as lowcost terminals for no frills airlines, a demand raised by the leading low-cost airline Air Deccan recently. "A final decision is yet to be taken," said sources.

There's good news for Air India in the master plan. Its flagship Centaur hotel, owned by a subsidiary company, is not likely to be touched in the phase I development.

Some months back, DIAL had made a presentation to Air India, in which it said that the hotel came in way of the airport expansion plan and may have to be 'relocated'. But it is now safe till the Commonwealth Games at least.

The airport expansion plan in the city would happen in phases. Ultimately, the airport would have a capacity of 80 million by 2025.

"The development of IGI is being tuned to be synchronous with Delhi's master plan. After all there's going to be a huge requirement for basic infrastructure like power, water and roads which would have to be provided for," said a senior government official.

[pding]

ok, so it's a new integrated domestic and international terminal. what about the existing one??? they should change the interiors of it and make it more attractive from outside. it can be used for domestic low cost airlines...

[kronik]

The existing international terminal is too small to handle anything. They had planned to turn it into employee housing, but i say raze the whole thing down. Build something else there, if at all.

actually, they might turn it into a low cost terminal.

Coming soon: No-frills airports

Consortia working on revamping and modernising airports at the two metros - Delhi and Mumbai, which between them handle 60% of the country’s air passengers - are planning to include low-cost terminals in their master plans, which should be ready by October.

While the GMR-Fraport consortium is looking at converting the existing two terminals at Delhi airport into no-frills terminals after the new airport is ready by 2010, the GVK-Airport Company of South Africa is considering the option in Mumbai, but space constraints seem to be coming in the way.

[kronik]

DIAL gets licence for Delhi airport

Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has got a aerodrome licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for operating Delhi�s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

�The aerodrome licence authorises DIAL to operate the IGI Airport under the provisions of the Aircraft Act 1934 and Aircraft Rules 1937,� the company said in a statement.

Simultaneously, DIAL has implemented a number of steps to improve the existing airport infrastructure, including the duration of simultaneous runway operations, which has been increased along with the addition of several new rapid exit taxi-ways thereby reducing the waiting time for aircraft on the ground and in air.

The company said it had added new X-ray machines inside passenger terminals. New passenger seating had also been introduced at the terminals, it said.

[ramkan]

Any updates on the masterplan? any renderings?

[IndiansUnite]

I guess these are a little old pics,none the less

Copyright Aadishtk

[Aryabhata]

The level of service is beginning to show up, got to wait and watch how far it goes ( I am optimistic with AAI gone)

Originally Posted by indiansunite

I guess these are a little old pics,none the less

Copyright Aadishtk

[sammyk]

Nice toilets. Hope they can keep them that way.

[d_rk]

Anybody have an info when DIAL is going to release the blueprint for Delhi Airport.. Since delhi and mumbai is handed over to private parties at the same time.. and Mumbai Blueprint is already out.... anybody have an idea..?

[Sridhar]

DIAL has submitted the master plan to the Civil Aviation ministry at the same time. They have chosen not to make it public yet, however. Perhaps they are waiting for the ministry's feedback (due in a month) before going public with it.

[pding]

I have seen in some websites that it will be a U-shaped terminal with a runway on either side. any comtemplation on how it's gonna end up and look?

[d_rk]

Thanks Sridhar for the update...

[IndiansUnite]

American firm roped in for airport upgradation

NEW DELHI: Taking the modernisation process of Delhi airport a step further, the Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL) has appointed Parsons Brinckerhoff International project management consultants for the project. Based in America, Parsons Brinckerhoff has been involved as consultant at a number of international airports including Hong Kong International Airport, London Heathrow as well as Terminal I at JFK Airport.

Bringing together a team of international and Indian experts, the company will help DIAL establish project control systems, procedure manuals, communication platforms and protocols. It will also help them in creating report formats and computer systems. The company will assist DIAL in reviewing design, contract management as well as construction management of the Passenger Terminal Building.

DIAL, which recently submitted the Master Plan for modernisation of Delhi airport, will create a brand new integrated passenger terminal to cater to both international and domestic air traffic. This terminal should be operational by the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and will be equipped to handle more than 37 million passengers per year.

Connected to the sky as well as the ground, the integrated terminal will be linked to the city through the Metro railway. Parson Brinckerhoff has been involved with providing programme management services in the Delhi Metro Phase I, Delhi Metro Phase II as well as the Swami Vivekananda Bridge on the Hooghly river in Kolkata.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/14/stor...1403150400.htm

[kronik]

DIAL submits plan for Delhi airport

GMR-led Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Monday said their master plan for the new airport will have one integrated terminal building, four parallel runways, dedicated road and metro connectivity, and the facility to park 300 aircraft.

Not only will the new terminal building be able to handle 35 million passengers a year, the number of parking slots will be more than tripled.

At present, the domestic terminal has 50 aircraft parking slots besides 16 parking slots for the smaller (mostly private) aircraft. The international terminal has 27 parking slots, will six parking slots provided specially for the cargo planes. Also, The F9 runway, which will be able to accommodate Airbus A-380 aircraft, will be completed by mid 2008.

According to the master plan, the U-shaped integrated terminal building will house both the international and domestic terminals and have 50 dedicated gates, which will be allotted to the airline companies depending upon their traffic. The cargo terminal will be based on the northern-side of the main terminal buildings. The four-storey building will have a Metro rail link that will run parallel to the runways and will connect the building at its center. The approach-way would also be widened to a six-laned road to ensure smooth movement of the traffic.

The GMR-led consortium has appointed Mott MacDonald Group as the technical advisor for revamp of the Delhi airport at a cost of Rs 60 crore. Mott MacDonald had, in turn, appointed HOK International, to design the airport. DIAL had submitted its master plan to the civil aviation ministry for their approval in the first week of this month. It is a joint venture company, consisting of GMR Group, AAI, Fraport, Eraman Malaysia and India Development Fund.