From the "typical domestic arriving passenger" point of view, it does seem as though DIAL or whatever they call themselves still don't have a clue.

OK, so your bus from the aircraft is wobbling along, and just at the point where the "bus box" has been made, the tractors pulling the baggage trolleys race past, neatly dissecting the path of movement of disembarking pax. THERE IS A SMALL BARRIER HERE WHICH CAN BE MOVED.

Next, you get off the bus, stroll past the CISF guards (sitting in chairs) and run straight into assorted protocol and VIP reception sorts, who will stand right in the flow. WHY CAN'T A SEPARATE PLACE FOR THEM BE MADE ON THE SIDE, IN FRONT OF THE PROTOCOL LOUNGE?

After this you come to the toilets. THEY SIMPLY NEED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY CLEANED. AND PROVIDED WITH BASIC SOAP FOR HAND WASH AS WELL AS DISPOSABLE HAND TOWELS.

Then you move towards the baggage carousels. SOME SUPER INTELLIGENT PERSON HAS PLACED POTTED PLANTS IN THE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE. AS A RESULT THERE ARE A FEW MILLION FLIES PRESENT NOW.

Thanks to security, we don't have the drivers with their sharp metal boards hanging around anymore. BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING, WHILE YOU AND I CAN NOT TAKE EVEN A NAIL CUTTER INSIDE, THE HOTEL DRIVER BOARDS ARE MADE OF METAL AND CAN EASILY HIDE ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS.

The pre-paid taxi system is good, but the computerised printout does not generate duplicates. ACTUALLY IT DOES BUT THE CLERKS KEEP IT.

Boarding taxies is slowed down because the Delhi Traffic Police manually notes down the vehicle number and pax name in a register. WHY CAN'T THEY SIMPLY USE A DIGITAL CAMERA LIKE THEY DO IN SO MANY OTHER PLACES NOW?

And as for the parking mess, what do you expect? Everything is blocked off for VIPs, or those who will tip 100/oo rupees to the guards &c&c.

The final screw in the hole-even the zebra crossing from the arrivals area to the parking lot has been painted over! So now there is yet another conflict between cars and buses coming in towards departure 1-B and passengers walking to the parking lot.

The day the management of the airport themselves start experiencing what a passenger experiences is the day things will improve. Till then, same old s--t.

Am taking another flight on 22nd, let me see if they have got rid of the flies by then?

i wud call it pardafarsh

Gr8 work malik

Hey thanks vivekman for the info.The Siemens built trainset are quite good.hey What are the Delhi Metro trains built..

vivekman wrote:

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Both the trains travel at a speed of 160kmph and use a Siemens built trainset.

Hey Vivekman i think the following should help:

The 19.5 km distance between New Delhi railway station and Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi in a mere 13 minutes by 2010 as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation plans to run trains on this section at speeds of up to 135-140 km per hour and  is expected to be completed ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.check-in facility would be provided to the passengers at New Delhi railway station and Rajiv Chowk stations. After this the next station would be Moti Bagh and from there the train would straightaway reach the common terminal that is being constructed at the IGI Airport. Of the route, 9.7 km would be underground, 5.5 km elevated and 4.3 km would be at grade.

The coaches would also be different from the existing ones as they would have 80 per cent seating capacity. Another difference would be the fare: a flat rate of Rs 100 has been suggested on this corridor which is primarily meant to provide a quick to and fro access to air passengers from the airport .The ultra-modern system would have both Automatic Train Protection (ATP) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO) mechanisms.

www.uninews.com

New rapid exit taxiways to ease air congestion at Delhi airport

New Delhi, Aug 28 (UNI)

Two new rapid exit taxiways were opened today at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport alongwith final portion of a parallel taxiway for the secondary runway.
In addition, a new link taxiway was opened between the primary and secondary runways. As a result, the ground movement of aircraft will have greater flexibility and aircraft will be able to take off without much wait and be able to exit the runway faster clearing the way for the flight behind it.
This will reduce waiting times for passengers, said officials at the GMR-DIAL (Delhi International Airport Private Limited).
‘‘The opening of these taxiways will further improve the handling capacity of the aircraft operations,’’ said a DIAL official. ‘‘This is part of the ongoing upgradation works of the main and the secondary runway to improve ground traffic circulation.’’
In addition, rapid exit taxiway D1 and a portion of parallel taxiway E2 was commissioned recently alongwith opening up of a second runway for three hours each in morning and afternoon. The work in progress will aim at making the runways capable of 24 hours of simultaneous operation, said the official.
DIAL is a joint venture company consisting of GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport, Malaysia Airports and India Development Fund for the modernisation and restructuring of Delhi airport.
The consortium won the mandate to operate, manage and develop Delhi airport through an international competitive bidding process conducted by the government.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2047589.cms
 Common terminal planned for AI, IA
Byas Anand
[ 29 Sep, 2006 2358hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
 
 
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NEW DELHI: Come 2008, the two state-owned carriers — Air India and Indian Airlines — will be operating out of a single airport terminal building in Delhi and Mumbai. Under the Master Plan that is being drafted by the new owners of Delhi and Mumbai airports, the two national carriers are expected to be given a separate terminal replete with upper class lounge, duty-free shops and the works.

"The proposal for a separate but common terminal block for the two national carriers has already been made to the new owners of Delhi and Mumbai airports. The Master Plan for both the airports is under preparation now and is expected to include this proposal," a senior government official said.

The common terminal, the official said, will feature upper class lounge, special duty free area and other facilities that will be available to all other airlines. "The idea is to create a distinct identity for the national carriers. Also, the amount of passenger traffic handled by the two airlines is far higher than the others. So, it makes sense to give them a common, yet separate terminal," the official said.

The final Master Plan is expected to submitted to the government within a few months. The new owners of the two airports are also alongside in talks with international carriers like Continental, British Airways and Lufthansa for setting up separate upper class lounges at the two airports.

"Like all international airports, even Delhi and Mumbai will be home to independent lounges of separate airlines. This will be a clear departure from the present where international airlines have to share lounges run by 5-Star hotel chains," the official said.

Also, the days of long queues to get inside the Delhi airport and the never-ending wait for a flight to take-off are finally numbered. Come 2008, IGI airport in Delhi will have separate terminal space for every airline operating out of the city, and a third parallel runway that will ensure faster take-off and landing for airlines. And all three parallel runways would be capable of handling a fully-loaded Airbus A380, officials said.

"Instead of the present arrangement where airlines jostle with each other for space in one small building, the new airport terminal will have separate areas earmarked for every airline operator. This will ensure that there's enough space for passengers to freely move around. It will also eliminate the queue outside terminal buildings during peak hours," a government official said.