At Delhi airport, new taxiway to reduce time you spend inside aircraft after landing

A 2.1 km long eastern cross taxiway (ECT) at the Delhi Airport is scheduled to be completed by December 2022. A taxiway is a roadway that airplanes use to get to and from the runway. This new taxiway will help decongest the airport and improve circulation path of aircraft, while also reducing carbon emissions, said an official of the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).

Around 60 per cent of the work on the ECT is complete. A DIAL official said, “At present, after landing at runway RWY 29/11 or to take-off from this runway, an aircraft has to cover a distance of about 9 km. During this period, passengers have to remain inside the plane.