- Domestic travellers can make online pre-order of products from major retail outlets at both the terminals of Delhi Airport
- Commuters can pre-order and buy from more than 20 categories of products available at both the Domestic terminals
- Airport e-Shopping platform – shopflydel.in – a step towards achieving Hon’ble Prime Minister’s ‘Digital India’ vision
- Commuters can book orders upto 12 hours before departure
New Delhi, December 10, 2016: Delhi International Airport (Pvt) Ltd (DIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Group, today announced that it has launched India’s first airport e-Shopping platform – www.shopflydel.in – to improve the experience of airport shopping among the domestic travellers.
The domestic travelers now can pre-order wide range of products of their choice online from India’s largest airport retail offering from the comfort of their whereabouts. Through this online shopping portal, now travellers have access to over 20 categories of products such as Beauty, Confectionary, Fashion, Souvenirs, Pens etc. sold across Terminal 3 and Terminal 1 domestic outlets. Products can be searched and chosen from menu listed under terminal, category, sub category or outlet. Travellers can collect their pre-ordered items from respective outlets by making the payment through cash or card.
With this unique facility in place, one can book product(s) of his choice from 30 days upto 12 hours before his flight in three simple steps – Click-Pick-Fly.
Commenting on the development, I Prabhakara Rao, CEO, DIAL, said: “We have designed and launched the online shopping portal – www.shopflydel.in – in a bid to give our valued travellers a new shopping experience at the airport. This is yet another step towards our Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Digital India’. The online shopping portal is a platform for the smart and savvy travelers to purchase the wide range of products available at the airport without any hassle. This arrangement will benefit passengers in a big way as they will have access to exciting online deals, special offers and also fast track delivery upon reaching the respective outlet at the airport.”
Travellers can expect exciting offers and benefits being extended for their online shopping.. These include discount on select products, home delivery of purchased products, and sale of exclusive goods, which are not available in the outer market among others. Besides, DIAL will soon extend the online shopping facility to the international travellers as well.
“Shopflydel.in creates a niche market for Delhi Airport in the e-commerce space. Today more than 70% of passengers travelling through Delhi Airport use smart phones. We will soon add more travellers’ friendly features and value added services to this first-of-its kind interactive airport shopping portal for travellers,” he added.
The URL of the portal also has been integrated with Delhi Airport website – www.newdelhiairport.in to enhance visibility of the new facility among travellers. On visiting the Delhi Airport portal they see a banner/ link that takes the passengers to the new e-shopping page.
Once pre-ordered online, confirmation of booking of any product will be delivered to customers through an e-mail.
DIAL has been actively promoting various digital initiatives at Delhi Airport with an intention to leverage technology for passenger experience and operational efficiency. These include- Self check in kiosks at the airport, self-bag drop facility, mobile app-flyDEL, flap gates and Mobile Data Offloading facility among several others.
About DIAL
The GMR Group led, Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) is a consortium; comprising of GMR Group, Airports Authority of India and Fraport. The consortium has a mandate to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the Delhi Airport for 30 years with an option to extend it by another 30 years. It has truly proven to be a shining example of Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Make in India. Delhi Airport has been adjudged as World No. 1 Airport by Airports Council International’s (ACI) for two successive years; 2014 & 2015 in the category of 25-40 million passengers per annum (mppa). DIAL completed the modernization of Delhi’s IGI Airport including the commissioning of Terminal 3 (T3)- India’s largest building post-independence in a record time of 37 months.
The passenger Terminals managed by DIAL are recognised for their state-of-the-art infrastructure, design and operational efficiency. T3 serves as a hub for many carriers and has truly redefined the way Indian passengers fly. Delhi Airport is a leading Indian airport both in Passenger and Cargo capabilities with an annual traffic of 46 mppa and Cargo tonnage of over 0.76 million tons.
DIAL lays strong emphasis on green sustainable technologies and has won numerous awards and recognitions for the environmental sustainability initiatives.
For further information about DIAL, visit http://www.newdelhiairport.in/