DIAL honours aviation’s best
DIAL presented the third edition of GMR-IGI Airport Awards to recognise the key performers of the Indian Aviation Industry. The two special recognition awards at a gala function were held at Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon.
Recently held in the capital, the 3rd edition of GMR-IGI Airport Awards were organised by the Delhi International Airport (Pvt) Ltd. (DIAL) to celebrate and recognise the key performers in the Indian Aviation industry. GMR-IGI Awards 2014 were given across 28 diversified categories with two special recognition awards at a gala function held at the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon.
Srinivas Bommidala, GMR Airport’s Business Chairman
complimented the entire community for the excellent results achieved by DIAL and spoke about the vision of the company to make the IGI Airport the number one airport globally. He said last year was a great year for IGIA. “We handled 36.8 million passengers, 291 thousand aircraft movements and 605 thousand tonnes of cargo.”
I Prabhakara Rao, CEO, DIAL,
informed that the IGI Airport received the prestigious Golden Peacock Award, alongwith many other awards and accolades.
IGI Airport topped the 600,000 tonne mark in cargo and has also become the first IATA e-Freight Compliant Airport in India
“IGI Airport topped the 600,000 tonne mark in cargo and has also become the first IATA e-Freight Compliant Airport in India. The new ATC tower is also fast approaching its completion”, he added.
The power-packed award function saw some wonderful dance sequences by Terence Lewis. Bollywood king, Shah Rukh Khan, made a surprise entry and did a jig with the ace choreographer.