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After Air India made a splash at Delhi airport's Terminal 3 on Wednesday with its flight from New York, it was the turn of Emirates to one go one up — and that too in style. Emirates Airlines' Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, landed at the newly-built terminal and was greeted with jets of water. On Wednesday, an AI Boeing flight docked at one of the 78 aerobridges of the glass-and-steel Terminal 3 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
![]() ![]() ![]() Water is sprayed onto an Air India aircraft to welcome it as the first flight to land at the newly built terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Emirates Airline stewardesses welcome the media from behind a bar of an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, after it landed at the newly built terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi on Thursday. AP Water is sprayed onto an Air India aircraft to welcome it as the first flight to land at the newly built terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Wednesday. The passengers of the AI flight were given a warm welcome on arrival by officials Air India and Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL). AP
Passengers of an Air India aircraft, the first flight to land at the newly built terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, look on at the terminal in New Delhi. "T3 has provided Air India with the opportunity to be the first mover. We will have to develop it as a formidable primary hub from which we will be able to connect India to the world," the Air India CMD said Passengers of an Air India aircraft, the first flight to land at the newly built terminal 3 of the IGI airport arrive at the terminal in New Delhi. The sixth largest passenger terminal in the world was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 3 at a colourful function attended by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dik****. AP Customs officials take a tour of the newly-inaugurated Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3 in New Delhi. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) authorities earlier pushed back the initial operation start date by 14 days to provide more time to all stakeholders to deal with any glitches, including setting up of airline offices, synchronising security procedures, baggage handling and the whole range of airport operations.
Visitors take a tour of the newly-inaugurated Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3. "Passengers traveling by these nine flights (July 14 and July 15) are being informed individually by their respective airlines. Flight information is also being displayed on standees at terminal 2. The information about flights arriving and departing from Terminal 3 will also be displayed prominently at various points on the eight lane road from Hotel Radisson to Terminal 3," DIAL said in a statement.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) is watched by Chairperson of the UPA government Sonia Gandhi (2R), Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel (2L), Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dik**** (R) and GMR Chairman G.M. Rao (L) as he cuts a ribbon to inaugurate the recently completed Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Chairman of India's United Breweries Group - which includes KIngfisher Airlines - Vijay Mallya (C) gestures as he speaks with Bharti Telecommunications Chairman Suni Bharti Mittal (R) during a ceremony to inaugurate the recently completed Terminal 3.
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