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In May 2006, the management of the airport was passed over to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a consortium led by the GMR Group. [18] In September 2008, the airport inaugurated a 4,430 m (14,530 ft) runway. With the commencement of operations at Terminal 3 in 2010, it became India's and South Asia's largest aviation hub.
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the airport serving New Delhi; a much larger airport with three runways and over sixty domestic and international carriers serving it. In 2001, after 9/11 the Ministry of Home Affairs decided to use the airport as the emergency getaway for the President and the PM.
[19] [20] A Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight faced a similar threat at the Delhi Airport on 28 May, prompting authorities to evacuate all passengers and staff on board. According to police, information was received regarding a paper found in the lavatory of the flight scheduled to depart for Varanasi, with the phrase “bomb @5.30” written on it.
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The airport achieved international status in 1965 when the first flight was operated from Kabul, Afghanistan to Peshawar. The flight was operated by the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). As years went on the airport grew with more flights and aircraft and relative upgrade was carried out from time to time.
The Pakistan Airports Authority is an authority created under the Pakistan Airports Authority Act of 2023 with the purpose of managing, operating, and developing airports and air transport services across the country. This Act is applicable to all airports and air navigation services involved in air transport and is applicable throughout Pakistan.
On Tuesday, March 8, 1994, the Boeing 737-200 took off from Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India.At the time of the accident, the Boeing 737-200 had completed five normal training exercises and landings.
The Islamabad–New Delhi hotline is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of India and Pakistan. The hotline, according to the media sources, was established in 1971, shortly after the end of the 1971 war .