Holiday rush sparks chaos at India’s busiest airport in Delhi

Bloomberg

The holiday rush has crippled India’s busiest airport in Delhi, with irate passengers complaining on social media about missed flights and serpentine pre-boarding lines.
Pictures posted on Twitter showed overcrowding at Delhi International Airport Ltd, with passengers grumbling about long waits for security check and mismanagement by airport staff.
The government has even stepped in to help ease the congestion, with India’s civil aviation ministry saying in a statement that it’s working with airlines to reduce flight departures to 14 during peak hours. It didn’t disclose data for normal traffic. About 2,827 domestic and 471 international flights took off. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also visited one of the terminals on Monday.
Additionally, the Delhi airport is adding baggage screening systems at security check and increasing traffic marshals to avoid vehicles clogging the departure.
The global aviation industry has been broadly caught underprepared and understaffed for the rebound in travel demand following the easing of Covid-linked travel restrictions. While most carriers have been rushing to increase capacity, some have been too slow to restore some of their scrapped services.
India has kicked off a project to build a second airport to
service the national capital region of Delhi.
The present facility is running out of parking and landing slots after the emergence of a raft budget carriers, which have made air travel more affordable to a rising middle class.