Jet and its low cost arm JetLite will be the first airlines to shift their domestic operations to newly built Terminal 3 of the IGI airport here from October 30.
The airline's first domestic flight (9W 709 to Raipur) will fly out from T3 at 5.40 AM, while JetLite flight from Lucknow (S2 138) would be the first domestic flight of the airline to arrive at T3 at 0820 hours, an airline official said on Thursday.
With the shifting of Jet flights, the airline would become the largest domestic airline group operating more than 74 flights daily out of Delhi, the official said Jet will have Terminal 3 as one of its primary international hubs connecting 'India to the World', the official said, adding Jet Airways, JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect would link over 29 destinations across India.
"The integration of domestic and international operations at this world class terminal will allow us to seamlessly transfer guests between international and domestic flights and vice versa," Nikos Kardassis, CEO of Jet Airways, said.
It will help Jet Airways transform Delhi into a critical international transit hub, he added. Passengers of Jet Airways may enter the departure terminal from Gate No 3 of the T3, and could proceed towards the check in areas located at the B,C,D level for departure formalities.
Apart from Jet, Air India and Kingfisher would also shift there domestic operations from T3.
Presently, domestic operations of Air India are being carried out from Terminal 1 A while Jet and Kingfisher are operating from terminal 1D.
After shifting of the three full service carriers from domestic terminal to T3, the other low cost carriers, like GoAir, SpiceJet, Indigo would operate from T1D.
International flights has been operating from this swanky new terminal, built by GMR-led consortium, from July 14.
The T3, built over an area of 5,02, 000 square metres, has the capacity to handle 34 million passengers annually.
