15 December 2022, 09:53 AM
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla will chair a high-level meeting on airport congestion on Thursday morning. The meeting is likely to be held after 11 am in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Senior officers in the MHA, officials in the Minister of Civil Aviation and others concerned with the matter, including those in Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), will attend the meeting.
15 December 2022, 08:38 AM
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport CEO summoned by parliamentary panel today (December 15) to discuss the congestion issue at the Terminal 3 of the airport.
15 December 2022, 08:16 AM
Amid congestion, state-owned AAI has asked Delhi airport operator DIAL to provide details on whether there has been any deficiency in providing services at the airport, according to an official.
14 December 2022, 18:50 PM
Mumbai International Airport
Not just Delhi Airport, but Mumbai International Airport is also facing clogging due to high rush at the International terminal. Earlier, a server glitch at the Mumbai airport many passengers stranded for hours.
14 December 2022, 17:01 PM
Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's latest statement
Aviation Minister, on Wednesday said all agencies have swung into action in the last 24-36 hours to mitigate congestion at all major airports. "Congestion at entry points and check-in counters at T3 has eased. Four additional X-ray machines have been added at the Security Hold Area; display boards showing wait time have come up. Deployment of CISF manpower has already kick-started, and will progressively increase in the next few days," he said.
14 December 2022, 16:18 PM
Delhi Airport Traffic Congestion Update at 1530 Hrs
Terminal 3 Update at 15:31 hours.
Smooth passenger movement at the entry gates at T3 with an average waiting time of 0-5 minutes.
Smart Travel Tip: travel with only one hand baggage as cabin luggage to the airport for faster processing.— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) December 14, 2022
14 December 2022, 15:44 PM
CISF Places Additional Personnels At Security Gates
To ensure a smooth flow of passengers at the security gates of Delhi International Airport's terminal 3, 100 more CISF personnel are deployed. Resultantly, a smoother flow of flyers without congestion is expected.
14 December 2022, 14:10 PM
Internet users take a lighter note of the situation with memes. Twitteratis share a slew of funny memes on the congestion reported on Delhi International Airport's Terminal 3.
Better traffic control than Delhi Airport #IGIAirport #Airport #delhi pic.twitter.com/HtwkOHqOrn
— Digvijay Pratap Singh (@digvijay_veeru) December 13, 2022
14 December 2022, 13:49 PM
Delhi Airport Check-in Counter, Live Updates
Terminal 3 Update at 12:36 hours.
Smooth transition of passengers can be seen at terminal entry gates with an average waiting time 0-5 mins. pic.twitter.com/WW7EypE43e
— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) December 14, 2022
14 December 2022, 12:32 PM
IndiGo has also updated flyers about the congestion on Terminal 3, and the airline has asked passengers to reach early and carry just one handbag.
#6ETravelAdvisory #DelhiAirportUpdate #goIndiGo @MoCA_GoI @JM_Scindia pic.twitter.com/l9pDfm4Or6
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) December 12, 2022
14 December 2022, 12:00 PM
Parliamentary Committee Summons Delhi Airport CEO
Parliamentary Standing Committee for Transport, Tourism, and Culture has issued summon against the CEO of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL). the committee is led by YSR Rajya Sabha MP Vijaysai Reddy, and it took The PAR panel took suo motu cognisance of issues reported by passengers about the airport. It has also chalked out a route map to solve this issue.
14 December 2022, 11:51 AM
Current Waiting Time at Terminal 3
A Twitter user recently shared a glimpse of the check-in gates and shared that the waiting time currently is around 1 hour.
Contributing to #DelhiAirport thingy :)
Good 1 hour wait in queue :)) pic.twitter.com/N7anHF8Vlr— Siddarth Koul (@koul_siddarth) December 14, 2022
14 December 2022, 11:49 AM
Today, at 5:30 Am, Delhi Aiport updated about the status of congestion. The tweet mentioned that the waiting time is anywhere in between 0-5 mins.
Terminal 3 Update at 05:30 hours
Smooth passengers movement observed at all terminal entry gates with an average waiting time of 0-5 minutes.
Smart Travel Tip: For a Significantly faster experience at every touch point, we recommend domestic passengers to use #DigiYatra pic.twitter.com/zbR0eLLJrU— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) December 14, 2022
14 December 2022, 11:35 AM
Scindia met officials of DGCA, AAI, and DIAL and certain measures were announced to reduce the congestion at check-in gates.
1. Reduced number of flights during peak hours.
2. Increased number of X-Ray machines.
3. Demolition of reserved lounge.
4. Convert entry points at Gate 1A and Gate 8B at T3 for passenger use.
14 December 2022, 11:30 AM
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Visits Airport
With so many complaints and tweets noticed regarding the congestion seen in the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Jyotitaridtya Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation, took note of the situation by visiting the airport.
14 December 2022, 11:22 AM
Delhi airport's terminal 3 witnessed a massive ruckus on December 12, wherein passengers waited hours to finish their check-in procedures. In fact, many missed their flights. Flyers then took it to social media, which caught a lot of limelight and attention from the Union Minister for Civil Aviation - Jyotiraditya Scindia, as well.