T2, IGI main runway to reopen in Sept before festive rush
IGI Airport
's only international terminal, T3, Terminal 2 will reopen in about two months to primarily support domestic-to-international and vice-versa passenger flow of
Air India
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IndiGo
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While T2 was shut for repairs on April 15, IGIA's main runway was closed for upgrading the instrument landing system (ILS) on June 15. "That runway was supposed to reopen around Sept 15, but the same could happen a week earlier. T2 is expected to reopen by Sept-end. Both will reopen in time for the festive rush," said people in the know.
Once that happens, IGIA will become the first Indian airport to operate with a capacity of handling over 10 crore passengers annually (CPA), thanks to three operational terminals—T3 (4.5 CPA), T1 (4 CPA) and T2 (1.5 CPA), four runways and supporting airside infrastructure.
IGIA handled 7.8 crore passengers in 2024. So apart from having spare capacity, it will see the same go up to almost 14 CPA when T2 is demolished to make way for a bigger T4.
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Delhi International Airport Ltd initially toyed with the idea of mothballing T2 as it wanted to see the impact of NCR's second commercial airport on the footfalls of IGIA. The reason: between T1 and T3 alone, it had a capacity of 8.5 CPA. Noida International Airport is expected to open around Oct with a phase one capacity of 1.2 CPA.
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"IGIA T2 will not be kept mothballed as it is very close to the only international terminal T3. IndiGo and AI group have major expansion plans with hundreds of planes on order. So T2 will be used to support their domestic-to-international and international-to-domestic traffic primarily of these two airlines," said sources. The absence of an air train between T1 and T3/2 and the painful by-road commute between these 7km-apart terminals have made transit a pain at the country's biggest airport.
The opening of T2 will provide some much-needed respite on that front.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) also gets its second airport around the same time in Navi Mumbai, but the situation there is different. The megacity's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has already peaked out and the new hub opens with a capacity of 2 CPA. So from Day 1, MMR's demand for air travel will be more than the capacity of the two airports combined.
Given the spare capacity in National Capital Region with two commercial airports, Noida International Airport will extend the lifespan of T2 built in 1986. "Depending on the impact Noida has on IGIA footfall, it is likely T2 will remain operational for another three to five years. Subsequently, it will be demolished for constructing a bigger T4 in its place," said a source. Building a big, new terminal takes about three and a half years.
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