The Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is located in New Delhi, is the busiest airport in India and the 12th busiest airport in the world. It is also the second busiest airport in the world as per seating capacity, with a seating capacity of 3,611,181 seats. It was named the busiest airport in Asia in terms of passenger traffic with around 37.14 million passengers in 2021.
Although it was initially administered by the Indian Air Force, airport operations were later transferred to the Airports Authority of India. It was officially renamed as Indira Gandhi International Airport in May, 1986. The management of the airport was passed over to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a consortium headed by the GMR Group in May, 2006.
According to a survey by Airports Council International, it was rated as the Best Airport in the World in the 25-40 million passengers category in the year 2015. The airport has also received accolades like “The Best Airport in Central Asia” and “Best Airport Staff in Central Asia” at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2015. The Delhi airport and Mumbai airport were together honoured with the recognition, “World’s Best Airport” at the Airport Service Quality Awards 2017, under highest category of airports that manage above 40 million passengers every year.
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