The smart apron project at Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 (T1), which proposes to revamp the existing 55 parking stands to accommodate a maximum of 82 aircraft, has completed phase one with 19 new stands made operational after statutory approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said the airport operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) on Wednesday.
The apron of an airport is the area where an aircraft is parked for boarding passengers or loading goods.
While T-1 had 55 parking stands for aircrafts prior to the expansion work under Phase3A of the master plan, the new smart apron will revamp some of the existing structures to make space for 82 slots, including 22 ‘contact’ stands and eight Multiple Apron Ramp System (MARS), which can accommodate much larger aircraft. DIAL said the smart apron was being built in three phases, with 19 stands completed in the first phase.
