Profile:

• Second-largest airport in India
• More than 23 million passengers in 2007
• 432,000 metric tons of airfreight in 2007
• Between 10 and 15 percent growth forecast for the coming years
• Main carrier: Indian Airlines
• Hub for a large number of Indian carriers, including Air Sahara, SpiceJet, Alliance Air, and IndiGo Airlines
• Two runways and one domestic and one international passenger terminal used by 50 airlines
• Plans call for the construction of a new passenger terminal and an additional runway by 2010 to expand airport capacity to 35 million passenger per year
• Later stages of the master plan call for expanding the airport's capacity to 75 million passengers per year

Here you will find the detailed chronicle of Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)