After six months of refurbishment, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) will bring Terminal 2 (T2) back online at 00:01 hours on 26 October. The Indian Express reported on 24 October that more than 100 daily domestic flights—60 operated by Air India and the remainder by IndiGo (2000-series flight numbers)—will relocate from Terminals 3 and 1 to the upgraded facility. International flights remain at T3.
The revamp adds eight automated passenger-boarding bridges, a high-resolution flight-information display system, new Common User Self-Service (CUSS) kiosks and expanded security lanes. DIAL, the airport operator, says the changes will increase peak-hour capacity by 25 %, easing congestion as Delhi eyes 100 million passengers annually by 2027. Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu, who inaugurated the terminal, framed the reopening as essential to Delhi’s ambitions of becoming South Asia’s foremost transfer hub.
For corporate mobility managers the terminal shuffle demands swift traveller communications. Air India has begun emailing revised terminal details; IndiGo is pushing alerts via its 6E app. Travellers must verify PNRs and allow extra transfer time between metro station (located at T3) and T2 until the dedicated SkyTrain link launches next year. Companies with tight client-meeting schedules should incorporate a 30-minute buffer for landside-to-airside transitions during the first fortnight, when teething issues are likely.
The long-term upside is compelling: by redistributing flights, IGIA reduces average security-queue times from 22 to 14 minutes and frees desperately needed gates at T3 for growing international traffic, including Vistara’s new Delhi–Tokyo Narita service and Air India’s reinstated non-stop to Seattle slated for Q1 2026. Travel-management consultants predict the move could save firms up to Rs 1,500 per round trip in chauffeur wait-time fees and missed-connection risks.
Passengers should note that all ground-transport pick-ups for T2 will occur at the new multi-level car park (MLCP-2). DigiYatra facial-recognition e-gates are live but require pre-enrolment. Wheelchair assistance counters have shifted to the mezzanine level, and restaurants will operate limited menus until November. Frequent flyers who memorise IGIA’s old layout may want to study the new map—getting lost in a freshly minted terminal is a sure-fire way to miss that Monday-morning pitch.
The revamp adds eight automated passenger-boarding bridges, a high-resolution flight-information display system, new Common User Self-Service (CUSS) kiosks and expanded security lanes. DIAL, the airport operator, says the changes will increase peak-hour capacity by 25 %, easing congestion as Delhi eyes 100 million passengers annually by 2027. Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu, who inaugurated the terminal, framed the reopening as essential to Delhi’s ambitions of becoming South Asia’s foremost transfer hub.
For corporate mobility managers the terminal shuffle demands swift traveller communications. Air India has begun emailing revised terminal details; IndiGo is pushing alerts via its 6E app. Travellers must verify PNRs and allow extra transfer time between metro station (located at T3) and T2 until the dedicated SkyTrain link launches next year. Companies with tight client-meeting schedules should incorporate a 30-minute buffer for landside-to-airside transitions during the first fortnight, when teething issues are likely.
The long-term upside is compelling: by redistributing flights, IGIA reduces average security-queue times from 22 to 14 minutes and frees desperately needed gates at T3 for growing international traffic, including Vistara’s new Delhi–Tokyo Narita service and Air India’s reinstated non-stop to Seattle slated for Q1 2026. Travel-management consultants predict the move could save firms up to Rs 1,500 per round trip in chauffeur wait-time fees and missed-connection risks.
Passengers should note that all ground-transport pick-ups for T2 will occur at the new multi-level car park (MLCP-2). DigiYatra facial-recognition e-gates are live but require pre-enrolment. Wheelchair assistance counters have shifted to the mezzanine level, and restaurants will operate limited menus until November. Frequent flyers who memorise IGIA’s old layout may want to study the new map—getting lost in a freshly minted terminal is a sure-fire way to miss that Monday-morning pitch.
