In a bid to make travelling more convenient and easy for its smartphone users, OnePlus is now providing charging stations inside the Indian airports. A lot of frequent travellers and vloggers use their smartphones quite extensively. So if you are one of those and you carry a OnePlus smartphone, you don’t need to worry about finding a switch at the airport and plugging-in your charger for charging your device anymore.... Read More
Budget airlines IndiGo and GoAir have announced a terminal change in Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) from October 1, 2020. While IndiGo shifts some of its flights to Terminal 2, GoAir will operate all its domestic flights to and from Delhi from Terminal II. According to a media release from IndiGo, the flights with call sign between 6E 2000 - 6E 2999 are the ones that are being shifted.... Read More
One concept which people all around the world have become very familiar within the last few months is ‘quarantine’. People who are returning back to India from any foreign destination or travelling within India, all have to go under quarantine. Delhi Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has some quarantine rules you must know about. Well technically, it is not the rules of the Delhi airport, but of the government. Many... Read More
One of the most significant factors which affect our travel experience is the kind of airport we travel through. No one wants to wait in a badly designed and an ugly airport. According to a study, a person spends around 133 minutes in the airport waiting to board their flight. There are many elements which go into making an airport feel like a great experience. The management, the cleanliness, the... Read More
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given its nod for the usage of taxibots in Delhi airport for testing or piloting purposes. These taxibots would have their engine shut off from the parking bay to the runway holding point. It is being said that the use of taxibots would bring significant improvement in keeping a check on pollution. SpiceJet and Jet Airways would be the first one to use... Read More
Indira Gandhi International Airport serves as an important aviation hub in the Indian Aviation industry. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the entire aviation industry has been facing massive distress. Recently, the government of India extended the lockdown period until May 03, 2020, to neutralise the threat of the deadly virus. Delhi Airport is also following all the safety measure to ensure that ground staff and passengers have safe air travel... Read More
Commercial operations at Delhi’s Hindon air base to begin from July first week. Night operations will remain banned for now due to the movements of Nilgai on the airstrip, a report by Zee Business claimed. The flights from Hindon airport will mostly serve regional destinations and will be functioning under the Regional Connectivity Scheme of the Government ‘’Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’ (UDAN). Under the rules of the UDAN scheme,... Read More
According to a report published by Times of India, Delhi Indira Gandhi International (Delhi IGI) airport handled more than one million metrics tonnes of cargo between the period of November 2017 to October 2018. The airport also managed the highest ever cargo tonnage in October. The airport handles around 29% of the country’s cargo and is estimated to be at 28th position worldwide. Achievement as a Result of Serious Investments... Read More
Indira Gandhi International’s terminal 3 airport has been highly acclaimed for its amenities, architecture and facilities which it provides to travellers from around the world. It was because of T3 that Delhi Airport has received such positive reviews from around the world. However, T2 or the Terminal 2 was considered to be lagging behind T3 up until now on the aesthetics and amenities front, but with the inauguration of the... Read More
In order to save on fuels and also keep a check on sound pollution, more and more airlines are opting for TaxiBots as their choice of towing vehicle. In a new development in this regard, GoAir, the no frills carrier has decided to deploy the semi-robotic-pilot-operated TaxiBots as its choice of towing vehicle at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi. Currently, the conventional method dictates that the... Read More
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport will soon have the country’s most technologically advanced Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower. The migration procedures from the old ATC tower to the new tower has already started. The authorities are expected to complete the migration process by August 15, 2019. New ATC Tower Features The Airports Authorities of India (AAI) is conducting a phased roll-out of the new facility. Hence, the authorities... Read More
Air India Express has completed the trials for using Taxibots at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Monday. As a part of the trial, Air India Express Boeing 737-800 NG series aircraft was taxied from Apron 3 towards Runway 29. Each taxiing event of about 15 minutes with Taxibot attached saves about 200 litres of Aviation Turbine fuel. In addition to this, it saves engine life plus emission of... Read More
The passenger traffic at the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has dropped 12.7% year-on-year in May 2019, according to the data from the Aviation Authority of India (AAI). Such a decline in traffic is a sharp turnaround from the average annual increase of 15% between 2016 and 2018. The drop in the passenger traffic will hurt the credit metrics of the airport midst its expansion plans, says the US-based... Read More
If you have ever been to the New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) then you know that waiting near your boarding gates can be a tedious task. You might have to come to the boarding gates an hour before which might leave you famished. The only things that might come in handy are the limited number of vending machines. However, now with the newly launched Food Genie service at... Read More
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