To handle the growing passenger volume at IGI Airport, the GMR Group via its wholly owned subsidiary Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has decided to invest a staggering amount of ₹9,000 crore to make the airport ready to handle 100 million passengers per annum in the next couple of years, said, GMR Group Chairman GM Rao, adding that that IGIA would overtake both London Heathrow and Dubai airports to become the busiest airport in the world. The targeted funds would be spent to create necessary infrastructure in every aspect as the expansion work will be carried out on both, air as well as terminal sides and the fourth runway will be introduced by 2022, making IGI airport, the first one in the country to come up with four runways. The expansion of T1 and T3 terminals will also be carried out besides adding new taxiways in the next three years. The expansion of the IGI airport is likely to take place in three phases – first, Phase 3A from 2018 to 2021, second, Phase 3B from 2021 to 2025, and the Phase 4 from 2026 onwards. According to the expansion proposal for the airport, the departure terminal 1D and arrival terminal 1C will be combined together and will be expanded to accommodate 40 million passengers per year.
