Emirates' A-380 makes history, lands in Delhi
New Delhi: The world's largest passenger aircraft Airbus A-380 landed at the Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport's brand new Terminal 3 on Thursday afternoon.
The 517-seater A-380 belonging to Emirates made history when it became the first international airline to dock at Terminal 3.
The new Terminal 3 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on July 3. The new terminal building, which has made IGI the world's fifth largest airport, can cater up to 34 million passengers annually and has 95 immigration counters. It also promises to redefine air travel in India and boasts of in-line baggage handling system with capacity to handle 12,800 bags per hour.
There are six common check-in islands with 168 check-in counters and 78 passenger boarding bridges.
With an area of 5.4 million square feet the airport has a nine-level passenger terminal building and the apron area is 6.7 million square feet. There is a 100-room transit hotel for domestic and international passengers, 97 automatic travelators and a retail space of over 2,15,000 square feet.
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