NEW DELHI: A pleasant surprise may greet air travellers at Delhi airport when the current phase of expansion gets over by mid-2022. The country’s biggest airport could get an air train, or automated passenger mover (APM), to ensure smooth transit between terminal 3 and the expanded T1, when it is ready by June 2022.
IGI’s capacity will be 10 crore passengers annually once the bigger T1 and the fourth runway get ready. Given the volume of projected transit traffic, Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has realised there is no way such numbers can commute between terminals by shuttle buses alone, as they currently do.
“We have appointed a Singapore-based consultant to examine which option — tram, elevated train or something else — will be the most suitable and cost-effective APM between T1, T3 and places such as cargo and Aerocity. The cost is likely to be Rs 2,000-2,500 crore. We are seeing if it can be ready along with the current expansion work in T1 and the fourth runway,” said a senior official.
