Delays at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, due to congestion in airspace, might soon be a thing of past with the capital’s new “state-of-the-art” air traffic control tower ready for parallel operations by the end of this month.
Officers believe that the new tower, which boasts additional capacity and much advanced systems, will allow them to reduce the number of flights handled by a controller, thereby increasing their efficiency.
Vineet Gulati, member (air navigation services) said that at present the new tower is being tested for its efficiency and to check the navigation systems installed in it. By May end, we will start parallel operations and both the old tower and the new one will be functional.
