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unusual facts about Indira Gandhi International Airport


Babubhai Khimabhai Katara

On April 18, 2007, Babubhai Kitara was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi as he was boarding an Air India flight 187 to Toronto.


Indian Airlines Flight 814

Indian Airlines Flight 814 commonly known as IC 814 was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India on Friday, 24 December 1999, when it was hijacked.

Narela

The nearest airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), in Delhi at the distance of 42.2 km, while the jahangir puri station of Delhi Metro rail is the nearest station, though Narela sub city is part of the Delhi Metro's Master Plan Phase IV, currently underway.

No. 76 Squadron RAF

It moved to India in September the same year, where it was disbanded on 1 September 1946 at Palam Airport by being re-numbered to No. 62 Squadron.

Tata DoCoMo

On 21 May 2013, Docomo announced that it had entered into an exclusive partnership with GMR Airports to offer WiFi services at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.


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