The new Terminal 1 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport will be operational from August 17 this year. Earlier, the operations at the old T1 were suspended in late June following a roof collapse incident.
The airliners including IndiGo and SpiceJet are set to shift a significant part of their domestic operations to the new T-1 terminal.
The old T1 had only domestic flight operations by IndiGo and SpiceJet and following the closure of the terminal, the carriers shifted to other terminals.
The new terminal at Delhi's IGI airport has been developed as part of the phase 3A expansion project by the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL).
DIAL in its statement has said, ”As per the plan, SpiceJet would shift their 13 flights to Terminal 1 from August 17 and subsequently IndiGo would move back their 34 flights from T2 and T3 to T1, from September 2."
The new T1 was inaugurated in March. Delhi airport earlier had three terminals -- T1, T2 and T3.
Earlier, on July 28 this year one person died and several were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi IGI Airport's old Terminal-1 collapsed on cars, including taxis, amid heavy rain.
Visuals of the aftermath of the incident showed a cab driver stuck in his mangled vehicle with a portion of the roof on it.
After the roof collapse incident, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu had announced a Rs 20-lakh compensation for the deceased and a country-wide inspection of terminals.
