Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi is the second busiest airport in south Asia. Named after the former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, Delhi airport serves as a prime link between India and the rest of the globe. Delhi airport has three terminals, i.e. Terminal 1A & Terminal 1B and Domestic Arrival terminal. Exclusively used for domestic operations, terminal 1 is further divided in to three separate terminals:

Terminal 1Aof Delhi Airport caters to domestic flights of the national carriers like Indian Airlines its subsidiary, Alliance Air and kingfisher Airlines. Terminal 1B of Delhi airport serves the domestic flights of all other scheduled private airlines and low cost carriers viz Jetlite, Jet airways, simply fly Deccan, Spice jet, Indigo airlines , paramount airways, Jagson airlines, and many others flying to all major state capitals, business and leisure destinations of India like Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Patna and Ranchi .

The international flights to all major destinations of the world fly from terminal 2 of the Delhi airport. More than 35 international airlines operate scheduled flights from here. Some of the international carriers that take off from international terminal of Delhi airport are American Airlines, Asian Airlines, British Airways, , Emirates, Indian Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Lufthansa airlines, Air China, Fin Air, Air France to name a few. (Book cheap flight tickets at domestic airlines online with Delhi Flights)

The terminal 2 of the Delhi airport for International airlines was set up on 2 May 1986 and the terminal 1 is the old Palam airport, which is purely used for domestic operations. The distance from 1A to 1B of the Delhi airport is about 8 km and it is 5 km away from the terminal2, the Indira Gandhi International Airport or the terminal 2.

Delhi airport presently handles 13100 domestic and 9500 International passengers daily on an average and serves 12.5 millions of passengers in a year. In the year 2005-06, Delhi airport recorded the traffic of 8.5 million passengers making it the busiest airport of South Asia. (Search daily discounted fares and book them online at Delhi flights)

Delhi airport is equipped with all modern facilities such as Left Luggage Facility, Banking / Money Exchange Service, Baggage, STD / ISD Booths, Infant Lobby, Duty Free Shops, Automatic Flight Information System, 24-hour pharmacy, Railway Reservation Counter, Duty Free Shops and snacks bars and more. Beside this, Delhi airport also provides ambulift and parking facilities for disabled travellers. The domestic delhi flight arrivals halls has three information counters whereas international arrivals has one counter, situated in the baggage reclaim areas at the airport.

The Delhi airport’s has two parallel runways: main runway is 12500 ft and an auxiliary runway. The main runway of Delhi airport is one of the few runways in Asia, which is furnished with ‘CAT III-B Instrument Landing System’. Delhi airport is undergoing a major expansion project. More terminals and runways are planned which are expected to increase the capacity at the Delhi airport to 100 million passengers in a year by 2026. Search lowest airfares and book cheap flights tickets on all domestic and international airlines at www.delhiflights.co.in