
New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Tuesday justified seeking an eight-time hike in airport charges, saying it would not affect the airlines much and would help the Airports Authority of India (AAI) gain more revenue. "If the proposed hike of 774 per cent by DIAL is approved by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, then the aeronautical charges would increase only by 100-150 per cent for various airlines," DIAL CFO...

05:06 PM, Feb 28, 2012

New Delhi: A fire broke out on early Thursday morning in the cargo terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airport Officials said that fire has been brought under control. There were no casualties but the cargo handling agency office and the offices of 15 airlines located in the building have been damaged. The blaze erupted at around 1.15 am and 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot,...

03:53 AM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: The capital woke up to another stormy morning on Friday as heavy rain continued to lash the national capital region. Traffic slowed down as a result of waterlogging, adding to the woes of commuters. The areas affected include the Mori Gate Red Light, Baraf Khana Chowk, Tiz Hazari Red Light, Mall Road Chowk, Jehangir Puri Metro Station And Under Hanuman Setu. The Met Deparment has predicted more rain...

10:36 AM, Sep 16, 2011

New Delhi: Rain brought some relief to the capital on Thursday but it also brought the traffic to a standstill. Not just that it also led to complete chaos at the Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI). The world class airport terminal at IGI airport was not so world class anymore after the rains. Pictures shot on a cell phone obtained by CNN-IBN show a pitiful sight at the arrival area...

08:59 AM, Sep 16, 2011

New Delhi: Passengers at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi were in for a shock early on Sunday morning when the swanky new airport faced a complete black out for over five hours. A blackout that led to total chaos and delays. The power came back only by 6 am. One of the power transformers at T3 tripped. The back up sets were activated but...

09:27 PM, Aug 07, 2011

New Delhi: There was no electricity at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi for over five hours on Sunday. However, full power supply has been restored now, after lights went out at 1:30 am. Full power supply could be restored only by 6:30 am on Sunday. All check-ins were done manually and most worrying, the security check-ins were compromised as machines were not working....

07:45 AM, Aug 07, 2011

New Delhi: Passengers travelling out of Delhi and Mumbai airports would no longer have to pay Airport Development Fee (ADF) with the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashing the levy which has yielded about Rupees 2,500 crore in two years. Hearing an appeal against the Delhi High Court's order which had upheld levying of ADF, a bench of Justices Cyriac Joseph and A K Patnaik set aside the policy of airport...

04:30 PM, Apr 26, 2011

New Delhi: As the country witnesses a burgeoning air traffic, Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has been handling the maximum number of flight movements daily followed by Mumbai's CST Airport. While the airport in New Delhi handled an average of 741 flights each day between April and December last year, Mumbai's CST Airport handled 695 flights, official figures have showed. The flights include international, domestic and those of the...

09:13 AM, Mar 13, 2011

New Delhi: Like every other winter this year too passengers are complaining about flight delays in the Capital. Since December nearly 75 flights have been cancelled, almost 100 diverted and over 250 delayed. But why is it that in India's most technically advanced airport the situation is not improving. Indira Gandhi International airport is the only airport in India which is equipped with the CAT III B instrument landing system...

07:06 AM, Jan 11, 2011

Moments before A-380's historic landing at the IGI airport, a stray dog was found wandering on the tarmac. ...

08:49 PM, Jul 15, 2010

One of the caught was desperate to go to Saudi Arabia on a Haj pilgrimage. ...

03:00 PM, Mar 28, 2010

The incident has exposed the loopholes in Airport security. ...

03:37 PM, Feb 28, 2010
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Air traffic, railways and roads have been badly affected. ...

12:12 PM, Jan 20, 2010

One of the faulty UPS batteries caught fire due to short circuit. ...

06:41 PM, Dec 28, 2009

An Indigo flight was grounded at the IGI airport after the bomb threat. ...

09:04 AM, Nov 30, 2009