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Delhi airport starts Rs 98 bn expansion

2019-08-20

Delhi airport will spend Rs 98 billion till June 2022 for the expansion of the existing infrastructure. This will include building the fourth runway, expanding parking stands for aircraft to 82 from the current 55 and increasing the airport?s handling capacity to 140 million passengers annually.

As per the new proposed plan, the entire T1 apron will be demolished and a new and expanded structure constructed to provide for 82 aircraft stands. The progressive completion of the T1 apron will be from July 2020 to June 2022. Besides, the arrival and departure terminal in T1 will be integrated under one roof. A flyover is also planned at the aerocity metro station junction to reduce the travel time between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. The entire EPC work will be done by L&T in the latest phase of development and work has already started.