IGI to have facility for new VVIP jets

New Delhi, December 15

The government is working on creating a new 28-acre facility at the IGI Airport here for operating the new Boeing 777 aircraft that will be used for ferrying the VVIPs, including the President, Vice-President and the Prime Minister.

Sources in the government said the PMO was seized of the matter and is coordinating with various stakeholders, including the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Indian Air Force, Delhi International Airport Limited and GMR in creating the state-of-the-art facility at the IGI airport.

The land on which the facility will come up was earlier held by the government of India and then handed over to private developers. The aircraft would be flown by the Indian Air Force pilots. The two planes are expected to arrive in India by middle of the next year. — TNS