DIAL Submits Master Plan for Modernization and Restructuring of Indira Gandhi International Airport

- New world class integrated terminal will cater to domestic and international traffic
- Terminal to open before the Commonwealth Games 2010

New Delhi, October 4, 2006: Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd. (DIAL), a Public Private Partnership initiative mandated to operate, manage and develop the Delhi Airport, has submitted its Master Plan to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and to Airports Authority of India. This Master Plan includes in detail DIAL’s proposal to modernize the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi into a world-class airport.

DIAL envisions the construction of a new integrated passenger terminal to cater to the both domestic and international traffic. This terminal will be ready before the Commonwealth Games in 2010. In its first phase, the new terminal would be capable of handling more than 35 million passengers per annum (mppa), Prior to that, a new runway with A 380 compatibility would be completed by March 2008 to complement the existing two runways.

For DIAL the Master Plan is the first step towards the realization of a dream - the dream to build an airport that showcases India to the world. DIAL is committed to developing infrastructure projects that help in the country’s progress to take its righteous place as one of the Leading economies of the world.

The Master Plan was designed in consultation with Mott McDonald, a leading management, engineering and development consultancy and HOK, world renowned airport architects, based in the UK.

About DIAL: Delhi InternationaL Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) is a joint venture company, consisting of GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport, Eraman Malaysia and India Development Fund. DIAL is working towards the modernization and restructuring of the Delhi Airport. DIAL has been given the mandate to operate, maintain, develop, design, construct, finance, upgrade and modernize Delhi Airport.

Source : Equity Bulls

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