Delhi, India
DEL airport lounges
Indira Gandhi International
Amenities, from 15 metrics
- Lounges
- 10 open
- Terminals
- 3
- Best rated
- Encalm Privé (Domestic T1)
- Airlines
- 12
- Details checked
Lounges by terminal
10 lounges across 3 terminals, best-rated first. Details checked as recently as .
Nonstop from DEL
141 destinations on 52 airlines7 new or starting soon
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New routesAH Delhi to AlgiersNew · AC Delhi to MontréalNew · AI Delhi to OsakaFrom Feb 2, 2027 · AI Delhi to Tel AvivFrom Dec 1, 2026 · QP Delhi to VisakhapatnamNew · BR Delhi to TaipeiFrom Dec 1, 2026 · PR Delhi to ManilaFrom Dec 15, 2026
- Abu Dhabi AUHAir India Express, Etihad Airways
- Ad Dammam DMMAir India Express, IndiGo
- Addis Ababa ADDEthiopian Airlines
- Ahmedabad AMDAir India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- Aizawl AJLIndiGo
- Algiers ALGAir AlgérieNew
- Amman AMMRoyal Jordanian
- Amritsar ATQAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Amsterdam AMSAir India, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Athens ATHIndiGo
- Aurangabad IXUAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Baku GYDIndiGo
- Bangkok BKKAir India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Thai Airways International
- Beijing PEKAir China
- Belgaum IXGIndiGo
- Bengaluru BLRAir India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Bhopal BHOAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Bhubaneswar BBIAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Bhuj BHJAir India
- Bikaner BKBIndiGo
- Birmingham BHXAir India
- Cairo CAIEgyptAir
- Chandigarh IXCAir India
- Chennai MAAAir India, IndiGo
- Chicago ORDAir India
- Cochin COKAir India, Air India Express
- Coimbatore CJBAir India, IndiGo
- Colombo CMBAir India, IndiGo, SriLankan Airlines
- Copenhagen CPHAir India
- Darbhanga DBRAkasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Dehra Dun DEDAir India, IndiGo
- Denpasar DPSAir India, IndiGo
- Deoghar DGHIndiGo
- Dhaka DACAir India, IndiGo
- Dibrugarh DIBAir India Express, IndiGo
- Dimapur DMUIndiGo
- Doha DOHAir India, IndiGo, Qatar Airways
- Dubai DXBAir India, Emirates, flydubai, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Durgapur RDPIndiGo
- Faizabad AYJAir India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo
- Frankfurt FRAAir India, Lufthansa
- Gaya GAYAir India, IndiGo
- Goa GOIAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Goa GOXAir India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo
- Gorakhpur GOPAkasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Guangzhou CANChina Southern Airlines, IndiGo
- Guwahati GAUAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Gwalior GWLIndiGo
- Halwara HWRAir India
- Hanoi HANAir India, IndiGo, VietJet Air, Vietnam Airlines
- Helsinki HELFinnair
- Ho Chi Minh City SGNAir India, VietJet Air, Vietnam Airlines
- Hollongi HGIIndiGo
- Hong Kong HKGAir India, Cathay Pacific, IndiGo
- Hubballi HBXIndiGo
- Hyderabad HYDAir India, Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Imphal IMFAir India Express
- Indore IDRAir India
- Istanbul ISTIndiGo, Turkish Airlines
- Jaipur JAIAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Jaisalmer Airport JSAAir India, IndiGo
- Jammu IXJAir India Express, SpiceJet
- Jeddah JEDAir India, IndiGo, Saudia, SpiceJet
- Jharsuguda Airport JRGIndiGo
- Jodhpur JDHAir India Express
- Kangra DHMIndiGo, SpiceJet
- Kannur CNNIndiGo
- Kanpur KNUIndiGo
- Kathmandu KTMAir India, Bhutan Airlines, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Khajuraho HJRIndiGo
- Kolkata CCUAir India, Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Kozhikode CCJIndiGo
- Krabi KBVIndiGo
- Kuwait City KWIAir India Express, IndiGo, Kuwait Airways
- Leh IXLAir India, SpiceJet
- London LHRAir India, British Airways, IndiGo, Virgin Atlantic
- Lucknow LKOAir India, Air India Express
- Malé MLEAir India, IndiGo
- Manama BAHAir India Express, Gulf Air
- Manchester MANIndiGo
- Mangaluru IXEAir India Express
- Manila MNLAir India, Philippine AirlinesFrom Dec 15, 2026
- Melbourne MELAir India, Qantas Airways
- Milan MXPAir India
- Montréal YULAir CanadaNew
- Moscow SVOAeroflot
- Mumbai BOMAir India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Munich MUCLufthansa
- Muscat/Seeb MCTAir India Express, Oman Air
- Nagpur NAGAir India
- Namangan NMAUzbekistan Airways
- Nashik ISKIndiGo
- Navi Mumbai NMIAir India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo
- New York JFKAir India, American Airlines
- Newark EWRAir India, United Airlines
- Osaka ITMAir India
- Osaka KIXAir IndiaFrom Feb 2, 2027
- Pantnagar PGHIndiGo
- Paris CDGAir France, Air India
- Paro PBHBhutan Airlines
- Patna PATAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo, SpiceJet
- Phuket HKTAir India, IndiGo
- Plaine Magnien MRUAir Mauritius
- Port Blair IXZAir India, Air India Express
- Prayagraj IXDAir India
- Pune PNQAir India, Air India Express, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- Purnia PXNIndiGo
- Raipur RPRAir India
- Rajkot HSRAir India, IndiGo
- Ranchi IXRAir India Express
- Riyadh RUHAir India, Air India Express, IndiGo, Saudia
- Rome FCOAir India, ITA Airways
- San Francisco SFOAir India
- Seoul ICNAir India, Korean Air
- Sepang KULAir India, Batik Air Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines
- Shanghai PVGAir India, China Eastern Airlines
- Sharjah SHJAir Arabia, Air India Express, IndiGo
- Shillong SHLSpiceJet
- Siliguri IXBAir India Express, Akasa Air, SpiceJet
- Singapore SINAir India, IndiGo, Singapore Airlines
- Srinagar SXRAir India, Air India Express, Akasa Air
- Surat STVAir India Express
- Sydney SYDAir India
- Taipei TPEEVA AirFrom Dec 1, 2026
- Tashkent TASUzbekistan Airways
- Tel Aviv TLVAir IndiaFrom Dec 1, 2026
- Thiruvananthapuram TRVAir India, IndiGo
- Tiruchirappalli TRZIndiGo
- Tokyo HNDAir India, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines
- Tokyo NRTJapan Airlines
- Toronto YYZAir Canada, Air India
- Udaipur UDRAir India, Air India Express
- Vadodara BDQAir India, IndiGo
- Vancouver YVRAir India
- Varanasi VNSAir India, Air India Express, SpiceJet
- Vienna VIEAir India
- Vijayawada VGAAir India, IndiGo
- Visakhapatnam VTZAir India, Akasa AirNew
- Warsaw WAWLOT Polish Airlines
- Yangon RGNAir India
- Zurich ZRHAir India, SWISS
Route sources (including Wikipedia fallback): Aeroflot ↗ (checked Oct 27, 2026), Air Algérie ↗ (checked Oct 27, 2026), Air Arabia ↗ (checked Oct 27, 2026), Air China ↗ (checked Oct 27, 2026) and 70 more.
Routes from DEL: every nonstop, by airline and country →Routes from DEL on Seats Frog, with each airline's seat maps
Get in with
Cards and networks with recorded access options at DEL. Entry conditions apply.
Cards
- The Platinum Card at DEL7 lounges
- Altitude Black at DEL6 lounges
- Altitude Reserve (discontinued, closed to new applicants) at DEL6 lounges
- Infinia Metal Edition at DEL6 lounges
- JetBlue Premier Card at DEL6 lounges
- Magnus at DEL6 lounges
- Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant at DEL6 lounges
- Palladium at DEL6 lounges
- Premier World Elite Mastercard at DEL6 lounges
- Prestige (discontinued, closed to new applicants) at DEL6 lounges
- Reserve Card at DEL6 lounges
- Ritz-Carlton Credit Card at DEL6 lounges
Lounge networks
- Priority Pass lounges at DEL6 lounges
- Centurion Lounge at DEL1 lounge
- DragonPass lounges at DEL1 lounge
- Star Alliance Gold Lounge Access at DEL1 lounge
Regional card benefits differ. Compare all cards and markets.
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Amenity ratings
How the whole airport handles you: security, bags, immigration, getting between terminals. Each scored 1–5; the overall is their average.
What a 5 means for each metric
- Security speed
- through the checkpoint in minutes, even at peak
- Check-in & bag drop
- short lines, plenty of kiosks, quick bag drop
- Baggage delivery
- bags on the belt by the time you reach it
- Immigration & customs
- fast lanes, e-gates, no hour-long queues
- Signage & wayfinding
- clear signs, easy to find your gate
- Terminal transfers
- quick train or walk between terminals, airside
- Ground transport
- rail link, easy taxis and rideshare pickup
- Cleanliness
- spotless floors, restrooms, and seating
- Food & drink
- real restaurants and good coffee, not just kiosks
- Shopping
- useful shops, not only duty-free perfume
- Wi-Fi
- free, fast, no captive-portal hassle
- Seating
- comfortable seats with power, easy to find
- Restrooms
- clean, plentiful, never a queue
- Accessibility
- step-free routes, help easy to find
- On-time departures
- flights rarely delayed by the airport itself
Airlines served
Quick answers
How many lounges are there at Indira Gandhi International?
Lounge Frog lists 10 lounges at Indira Gandhi International (DEL) across 3 terminals: 3 in Terminal 1, 1 in Terminal 2 and 6 in Terminal 3.
Which lounges at DEL can I use with Priority Pass?
Lounge Frog lists 6 lounges at Indira Gandhi International with an access route through Priority Pass: Domestic Lounge - New Delhi T3 (Terminal 3; Access subject to published stay limits and capacity controls.), Encalm Lounge (Arrivals) (Terminal 3; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T1) (Terminal 1; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T2) (Terminal 2; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T3) (Terminal 3; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.) and Encalm Lounge (International T3) (Terminal 3; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.). Eligibility depends on status tier, cabin, flight and the lounge’s rules; membership alone does not guarantee entry.
Which lounges at DEL can I use with DragonPass?
Lounge Frog lists 1 lounge at Indira Gandhi International with an access route through DragonPass: Encalm Privé (International T3) (Terminal 3). Eligibility depends on status tier, cabin, flight and the lounge’s rules; membership alone does not guarantee entry.
Which lounges at DEL can I use with Centurion Lounge?
Lounge Frog lists 1 lounge at Indira Gandhi International with an access route through Centurion Lounge: The Centurion Lounge (Terminal 1; Eligible American Express cardmembers only; same-day boarding pass, card-specific guest rules and capacity controls apply.). Eligibility depends on status tier, cabin, flight and the lounge’s rules; membership alone does not guarantee entry.
Which lounges at DEL can I use with Star Alliance Gold Lounge Access?
Lounge Frog lists 1 lounge at Indira Gandhi International with an access route through Star Alliance Gold Lounge Access: The Maharaja Lounge (Terminal 3; For eligible Star Alliance Gold customers travelling on a qualifying same-day Star Alliance itinerary; airline and guest rules apply.). Eligibility depends on status tier, cabin, flight and the lounge’s rules; membership alone does not guarantee entry.
Which lounges at DEL can I access with the American Express Platinum Card?
Lounge Frog lists 7 lounges at Indira Gandhi International with an access route associated with the American Express Platinum Card: Encalm Lounge (Domestic T1) (Terminal 1; Priority Pass: Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), The Centurion Lounge (Terminal 1; Centurion Lounge: Eligible American Express cardmembers only; same-day boarding pass, card-specific guest rules and capacity controls apply.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T2) (Terminal 2; Priority Pass: Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T3) (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (International T3) (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Arrivals) (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.) and Domestic Lounge - New Delhi T3 (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Access subject to published stay limits and capacity controls.). Enrollment, flight, guest and capacity restrictions apply; the card alone does not guarantee entry.
Which lounges at DEL can I access with the Axis Bank Magnus?
Lounge Frog lists 6 lounges at Indira Gandhi International with an access route associated with the Axis Bank Magnus: Encalm Lounge (Domestic T1) (Terminal 1; Priority Pass: Unlimited international visits; 4 free guest visits per card year.; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T2) (Terminal 2; Priority Pass: Unlimited international visits; 4 free guest visits per card year.; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Domestic T3) (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Unlimited international visits; 4 free guest visits per card year.; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (International T3) (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Unlimited international visits; 4 free guest visits per card year.; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.), Encalm Lounge (Arrivals) (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Unlimited international visits; 4 free guest visits per card year.; Access subject to the lounge's published stay limits, capacity controls and same-day travel requirements.) and Domestic Lounge - New Delhi T3 (Terminal 3; Priority Pass: Unlimited international visits; 4 free guest visits per card year.; Access subject to published stay limits and capacity controls.). Enrollment, flight, guest and capacity restrictions apply; the card alone does not guarantee entry.
Which lounges at DEL can I access with the OCBC VOYAGE Card?
Lounge Frog lists 1 lounge at Indira Gandhi International with an access route associated with the OCBC VOYAGE Card: Encalm Privé (International T3) (Terminal 3; DragonPass: Unlimited visits for the principal cardmember; supplementary cardmembers get 2 visits.). Enrollment, flight, guest and capacity restrictions apply; the card alone does not guarantee entry.
What is the best lounge at Indira Gandhi International?
The highest-rated lounge at DEL on Lounge Frog is Encalm Privé (International T3) in Terminal 3, at 4.9 out of 5.
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Traveller reviews
What people who've been say. One review each; you can update yours.
News
News about DEL
RankingThe 6 best lounges at Delhi Indira Gandhi International in 2026
Six Delhi lounges ranked by our ratings, led by Encalm Privé and Air India's new Maharaja Lounge in Terminal 3, with the best of Terminal 1 for domestic flyers.
RankingThe 10 best airport lounges in India: 2026
Delhi's Encalm Privé is the highest-rated lounge in India at 4.9; Mumbai's Adani lounges and Bengaluru's 080 lounges follow.
RankingThe 15 best airport lounges for craft cocktails: 2026
Delhi's Encalm Privé, Munich's Lufthansa First Class Lounge and DFW's Centurion Lounge lead 15 lounges with a proper cocktail bar.
RoundupAxis Bank's Priority Pass no longer works in Indian domestic lounges. Here is what still gets you in
Since August 28, Priority Pass cards issued with Axis Bank's premium credit cards are not accepted at domestic lounges in India. International lounges still work, and renewals now need your explicit consent.
RoundupIndia’s “Free” Lounge Perk Has Become Homework. Banks Should Stop Pretending Otherwise.
Spend thresholds and changing access partners have turned an advertised convenience into a benefit travelers must actively manage.
RoundupThe Wrong Lounge Card Can Get You In—and Send You a Bill Later.
If you have several lounge memberships, the one you present matters. A successful scan does not mean the visit is free.
RoundupYour “Complimentary” Airport Lounge Visit Can Still Produce a Painful Bill.
In India, the membership, the visit and the card you present can follow different rules. That is how a supposedly free stop becomes expensive.
NewsAir India will fly Delhi to Osaka nonstop from February 2027, its second city in Japan
Four weekly flights on a Boeing 787-8 with 18 lie-flat Business seats start February 2, opening easy open-jaw trips between Osaka and Tokyo.
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RankingThe 4 best Air India Maharaja Lounges, ranked: 2026
Delhi's new 16,000-square-foot flagship is a different league from Air India's US rooms. All four Maharaja Lounges ranked, with who gets in and where to go instead.
RankingThe 6 best lounges at Delhi Indira Gandhi International in 2026
RankingThe 10 best airport lounges: October 2026
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RoundupAxis Bank's Priority Pass no longer works in Indian domestic lounges. Here is what still gets you in
RoundupIndia’s “Free” Lounge Perk Has Become Homework. Banks Should Stop Pretending Otherwise.










