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New Delhi, July 6 (PTI) Commercial operations of international flights from the new integrated terminal of the IGI airport will begin from July 28 as DIAL has planned to operate "terminal process proving flights" only on July 14 and 15, a fortnight behind its original schedule. According to sources close to the development, DIAL has deferred the scheduled dates of commercial operations from July 14 and July 30 to July 28 and August 27 respectively as the work at the terminal building for smooth operations is yet to be over. "This not the first time they (DIAL) have missed their deadline, be it third runway or commissioning of domestic departure terminal T1D, they have all missed their deadline," the sources said. To ensure smooth and hassle free transition to T3, on July 14-15, only ''Terminal Process Proving flights'' would operate from the brand new terminal, airport officials said. "International flights will begin their commercial operations from July 28 and domestic flights of Air-India, Jet Airways, Jetlite, Jet Konnect, Kingfisher and Kingfisher Red will shift to T3 on August 27," a spokesperson of IGI airport operator, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said today. Terminal Process Proving Flights are done to check operational readiness of all the agencies like -- the airlines, ground handling agencies, aviation oil companies, air traffic control (ATC), flight caterers, concessionaires, duty free shops, airport operator and statutory agencies like customs, immigration, CISF to carry out their designated tasks in the complete turnaround of an actual flight. As per the earlier plan, international flights were scheduled to shift their operations from T3, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday (July 3), from July 14 while domestic flights of Air-India, Jet Airways, Jetlite, Jet Konnect, Kingfisher and Kingfisher Red were to begin on July 30 and 31. DIAL has planned seven ''proving flights'' for July 14 and two for July 15 of Emirates'' Airbus A-380 aircraft. Of these, four flights would be arriving at T3 from Dubai, New York, Washington, and Kathmandu while three others would be the Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher headed to Dubai. "Arriving passengers could be received from Terminal 3, while those leaving for Dubai by Air-India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher flights will check-in from T3 on July 14. "On July 15, the world''s largest aircraft, Airbus A-380, belonging to the premier UAE carrier Emirates, will land at the third runway and be parked at the newly-built Terminal-3 for a proving flight," the spokesperson said. PTI SMJ.
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