Delhi Airport Opens Unique Terminal For Personal Jets. Particulars Right here

New Delhi:

Delhi worldwide airport in the present day opened an unique terminal to deal with the flight operations of personal jets.

The terminal has 57 parking bays and may deal with as much as 150 non-public jet flights per day. It was inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri this afternoon.

The minister stated the Delhi airport was dealing with round 40 “common aviation” flights per day earlier than the pandemic, and it’s presently dealing with round 20 such flights per day.

Flight operations of personal jets are categorized underneath the “common aviation” class.

Completely happy to inaugurate a Common Aviation Terminal at @DelhiAirport in the present day.

At the moment we’ve got greater than 100 common aviation plane & greater than 300 non-scheduled operators registered with DGCA.

We see this determine rising additional in coming days. pic.twitter.com/awpAlmyYLN

– Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) September 17, 2020

“This terminal seems good. Individuals like me use the opposite terminals (earmarked for industrial passenger flights) however those that use this terminal, I’m certain their suggestions – after they begin utilizing it – may also be very constructive,” Mr Puri stated.

“I’m certain this (terminal) will likely be a small however important increase to common aviation,” Mr Puri added.

The brand new terminal has spacious passenger lounges, retail and meals and beverage sections and 24×7 private concierge providers, stated Delhi airport’s operator DIAL in a press launch in the present day.

There’s a frequent processing space with customs and immigrations and there’s a direct entry to non-public jet plane stands from the terminal, the DIAL famous.

The terminal can deal with over 50 passengers each hour, acknowledged the GMR group-led Delhi Worldwide Airport Restricted.
 

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