Delhi Airport (DEL) gets India’s tallest ATC tower! In a bid to enhance the safety and boost the efficiency of air transport management services at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, state-of-the-art and the country’s most technologically advanced air traffic control (ATC) tower was inaugurated today. Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the new “Aerodrome Control Tower”.
The ATC tower which is 102-metres tall has provisions for 33 Tower as well as Ground Controllers position at Level 26 and 25. Delhi Airport, which is touted as the busiest in India, is expected to handle about 100 million passengers per annum, a jump from the existing capacity of 70 million. Puri said that with the inauguration of the ATC tower at IGI Airport, air traffic systems embark on a new journey.
