Delhi Airport capacity to rise to 12.5 crore passengers by 2032

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport will increase its annual passenger handling capacity from 10.6 crore to 12.5 crore by 2032 under a 10-year master plan, reports bazaar.businesstoday.in. The plan includes building a new pier at Terminal 3 and is being implemented by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), led by the GMR Group.

In the first phase, capacity will rise to 11.6 crore by April 2030. A new Pier E at T3, with a capacity of about 1 crore passengers, will be ready by then. The airport currently has three terminals: T1 (4.2 crore capacity), T2 (1.4 crore), and T3 (5 crore).

A decision on an Automated Passenger Mover (APM) system, with a proposed 7.5 km route connecting terminals, is pending. No decision has been made on a fourth terminal, though converting T2 into T4 may be considered if traffic grows. In July, the airport handled about 60 lakh passengers, up 3.7% from last year.