The Delhi International Airport Limited, the joint venture company led by GMR Group and including Airports Authority of India, has planned to provide each airline separate areas in the new terminal building going to be constructed by 2008, according to airport sources.
While separate terminals for domestic and international operations would come up fully by the end of the second phase in 2010, ahead of the Commonwealth Games, the third phase of development would begin in 2012.
The first new runway, which would be 255 metres away from the existing converging runways, would have 4,500 metres of concrete and the second new one would be of 4,300 metres length, the sources said.
The runways would be made ready for 'a fully-loaded wide-bodied aircraft', including the largest Airbus A-380 to take off for direct operations to the US and Europe, they said, adding that the shoulders of the existing runways would also be widened considerably for operations by large aircraft.
The sources said the passenger traffic, which was expected to grow at an average rate of 15 per cent over the next five years, was likely to cross 28 million by 2010. On completion, the first phase of the project would have one integrated terminal catering to about 35 million passengers. The runways would initially be provided for Category operations of the Instrument Landing System on a single direction, but have CAT III-B provisions for both ways to cater to increasing traffic and also in cases of emergency. The sources said the Air Traffic Control's central tower would also be shifted to a new location in the third phase.
All the old terminals would eventually be dismantled by the third phase of the modernisation of programme beginning in 2012, the sources said.
However, prior to this exercise, the domestic terminal which caters to private airlines would get a facelift in the next four months. The other works in this terminal to be completed by that time also include renovation of toilets and improvements in the housekeeping standards.
The masterplan of the airport would be prepared by September this year and the construction work for the new terminals, runways and other facilities begin in January next.
In Delhi and Mumbai, AAI has 26 per cent stake in the joint venture. It would be contributing an equity of Rs 302 crore (Rs 3.02 billion) out of the total Rs 11,400 crore (Rs 114 billion) investment required.
The GMR and GVK-led consortium in Delhi and Mumbai respectively would have to arrange the remaining Rs 11,100 crore (Rs 111 billion) through internal resources and market borrowings.
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