Trauma at T3: Why is Delhi airport facing overcrowding leading to flight delays?
Trauma at T3: Why is Delhi airport facing overcrowding leading to flight delays?
It’s a nightmare at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The queues are serpentine, there are delays in security checks and boarding. It’s complete chaos at Terminal 3 over the past few days, with some passengers even missing their flights. The situation is so bad that Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia had to intervene.
What’s happening at Delhi airport’s Terminal 3?
December is peak travel time, as everyone takes end-of-the-year breaks. For weeks, passengers have been complaining about long queues at check-in and security counters.
Even entering the airport is a task and the wait time at immigration seems endless. Social media is flooded with visuals of flyers sharing their ordeal, many saying it feels like “hell”.
It took journalist Nirmal Gosh three hours to clear security. “Utter chaos at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International #Airport #India with fights breaking out,” he wrote on Twitter.
Utter chaos at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International #Airport #India with fights breaking out. 3 hrs from curbside to clearing security. pic.twitter.com/wNVo8fOQTb
— Nirmal Ghosh (@karmanomad) December 10, 2022
“Coming to Delhi airport is no less than an self inflicted agony and a harassment,” another passenger complained, adding that missing flights have become common.
Daily affair at IGI T3
Coming to Delhi airport is no less than an self inflicted agony and a harassment
No support, planning and action by cisf
missing ✈️, fighting, long standing queues, no battery cars #hopelessT3 #Delhiaiport @JM_Scindia @MoCA_India @DelhiAirport @CISFHQrs pic.twitter.com/seTTmV3NDk— Goddess $ (@lovably_wicked) December 10, 2022
Another passenger likened the airport to a fish market and complained about the staff.
Delhi airport is just crazy……it resembles fish market, Serpentine queue at every level n non cooperating Staff of @airvistara
Inspite of reaching one n half hour early they did not let me board the flight pic.twitter.com/9LIHTurUvY— Ashu Tomar
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