Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Airport) has resumed the domestic flight operation from the T1 Terminal starting 31st Oct 2021, Sunday after 18 months of closure.
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on October 8 announced that the airport would resume flight operations at its T1 terminal from October 31.
It may be noted that the T3 terminal and T2 terminal of Delhi airport have resumed handling flight operations from May 25, 2020, and July 22, 2021, respectively.
The first flight scheduled from T1 was an Indigo flight which departed for Mumbai at 0105 hours.
Delhi Airport in a tweet shared a video and photos of the first scheduled flight arriving at Terminal 1 after 18 months.
Here it is! We are happy to share a glimpse of the first @IndiGo6E flight arriving at Terminal 1 ✈🙂 #DelhiAirport #T1Resuming pic.twitter.com/8LEnVoQWKd
— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) October 30, 2021
“After almost 18 months of closure, the operations at T1 terminal have resumed with pre-Covid operators, i.e. IndiGo and SpiceJet,” said the statement by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).
Flight Operation From T1 Terminal
IndiGo has announced that starting 31st October 2021 the following flight number will arrive and depart from the Delhi Airport Terminals;
| Flight numbers | Arrive and depart from |
|---|---|
| 6E 101 – 6E 999, and 6E 6000 – 6E 7999 | Terminal 1 |
| 6E 2000 – 6E 2999 | Terminal 2 |
| 6E 5000 – 6E 5999 | Terminal 3 |
Similarly, effective from 31st Oct, all SpiceJet flights will be operating from both Terminals 1 and 3 of IGI Airport, New Delhi.
- Flight No. SG8000-8999 will operate from Terminal 3 (T3).
- All other domestic flights will operate from Terminal 1 (T1).
- All International flights will continue to operate from only Terminal 3 (T3).
No Restrictions On Domestic Flight Capacity
Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt of India has removed the restrictions on domestic flight capacity, Domestic Airlines in India are now allowed to operate at 100% of their pre-Covid capacity from Oct 18 onwards.
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