‘IGI Airport ranks 10th in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region’: DIAL

DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar said the “milestone reflects our continuous focus on enhancing the passenger experience and maintaining the highest standard’

Published on: May 29, 2025, 19:35:41 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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Delhi’s IGI Airport has secured the 10th spot in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region for “seamless” connectivity, airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said on Wednesday.

New Delhi, India - Dec. 30, 2019: Passengers queue to enter the airport after several flights were delayed due to dense fog, at Terminal 3, IGI Airport, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, December 30, 2019. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma / Hindustan Times) (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

IGI is the only Indian airport in the top 10 list, it said.

The rankings have been released by the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific and Middle East.

“This milestone reflects our continuous focus on enhancing the passenger experience and maintaining the highest standards,” said DIAL chief executive officer Videh Kumar Jaipuriar.

A DIAL spokesperson said the rankings were a recognition of IGI offering seamless connectivity to 153 destinations — 81 domestic and 72 international with robust infrastructure, innovative passenger services, and efficient transfer processes that have made it a preferred gateway for travellers across Asia and beyond.

“As part of its Phase 3A expansion project, DIAL has doubled the International-to-International transfer area, stepping up capacity and making transfers easier for passengers,” the spokesperson said, adding that the airport has also introduced new biometric registration kiosks for e-visa holders.

“Delhi connects to 88% of India’s long-haul destinations and operates 56% of all India-origin long-haul weekly flights. 42% of all long-haul passengers from India choose Delhi as their travel gateway,” the spokesperson added.

Dubai International Airport topped this year’s Hub Connectivity Index, with Shanghai Pudong and Hamad International Airports next.

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Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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