IndiGO begins operations at IGI's new Terminal 1 building
IndiGo on Monday has started to operate 35 flights from the new building of the Terminal 1 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, reported TOI. Operations from the terminal were smooth, said officials. IndiGo and Spicejet have now partially shifted their operations at T1.
«Flight operations were smooth after 35 IndiGo departures were shifted to the new T1 from Monday,» said an airport official.
The first IndiGo flight that took off from the new T1 was 6E 449 for Mumbai at around 5 am. The new building became operational on August 17 after SpiceJet shifted its 13 flights.
The airline said that it had taken measures to inform the passengers about the shift to T1. «Domestic flights with flight numbers 2000-2999 will operate from Terminal 2 and flight numbers 5000 to 5999 will operate from Terminal 3, and the rest of the flights will operate from Terminal 1,» said IndiGo in a statement.
However, the old building of T1, where the canopy at the forecourt collapsed on June 28 due to heavy rains, continues to be cordoned off.
All operations were suspended from June 28 after the canopy collapsed, forcing both IndiGo and SpiceJet to operate from T2 and T3.
The old T1 building, from departure gates 1 to 4, remains inaccessible to passengers.
IndiGo passengers will have to enter the new building through entry gates 5 and6 on the first floor. Passengers flying SpiceJet will enter through entry gate A on the
