Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have told the ministry of civil aviation that they want to move out of Terminal 3 (T3) to Terminal 1D, which was their base of operations till last year as per a report in ET by Manisha Singhal.While Jet wants to shift only its low-fare services Jet Konnect and JetLite, Kingfisher wants to move its entire operations out of the new terminal.

In a separate communication to the airport regulator, the airlines also complained about the difference in fuel prices at the two terminals. They are talking to the airport operator, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), to find a way out of the impasse. Terminal 3 charges more for fuel because of extra infrastructural facilities such as underground pipelines.

SpiceJet and Indigo, low-fare rivals to full-service carriers such as Jet and Kingfisher, use the old terminal and pay less for fuel. According to officials at Kingfisher and Jet, the cost of refuelling planes at T3 is Rs 800-1200 per kilolitre more than what IndiGo and SpiceJet pay at Terminal ID.