Looking at the space crunch at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), which has no free slots to accommodate anymore flights, the government may allow only wide-body aircraft — even for domestic flights — to operate during peak hours so that maximum people can get in and out of the city during the period.
The aviation ministry is looking at options to manage the growing requirement of Mumbai's aerial connectivity, which include enhancing the CSIA's passenger handling capacity and using nearby places to divert non-schedule or charter flights.
"We are examining how to adjust landing slots. The most important morning and evening slots may be given to the biggest aircraft so that more people can travel in and out of the city during peak hours. We are also seeing if people are willing to travel during 'awkward' hours (non-peak)," aviation minister Jayant Sinha told TOI.
While narrow-body planes like Airbus A-320 and Boeing 737 have 186 economy seats, Indian carriers' wide-body planes have almost 300 seats.
But only two Indian carriers—Air India and Jet—have wide-body planes. All others, including domestic market leader IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and Vistara, have only narrow-body planes. On how the plan will work in such a scenario, Sinha said: "Airlines will themselves have to decide on their equipment (type of aircraft in their fleet). When people start flying wide-body planes during peak hours and those airlines gain market share, others will have to take this into account." The government will look at incentives to nudge domestic airlines to deploy wide body on Mumbai routes "as opposed to the directive way".
"We are examining how to adjust landing slots. The most important morning and evening slots may be given to the biggest aircraft so that more people can travel in and out of the city during peak hours. We are also seeing if people are willing to travel during 'awkward' hours (non-peak)," aviation minister Jayant Sinha told TOI.
While narrow-body planes like Airbus A-320 and Boeing 737 have 186 economy seats, Indian carriers' wide-body planes have almost 300 seats.
But only two Indian carriers—Air India and Jet—have wide-body planes. All others, including domestic market leader IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and Vistara, have only narrow-body planes. On how the plan will work in such a scenario, Sinha said: "Airlines will themselves have to decide on their equipment (type of aircraft in their fleet). When people start flying wide-body planes during peak hours and those airlines gain market share, others will have to take this into account." The government will look at incentives to nudge domestic airlines to deploy wide body on Mumbai routes "as opposed to the directive way".
15/10/16 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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The aviation ministry is looking at options to manage the growing requirement of Mumbai's aerial connectivity, which include enhancing the CSIA's passenger handling capacity and using nearby places to divert non-schedule or charter flights.
"We are examining how to adjust landing slots. The most important morning and evening slots may be given to the biggest aircraft so that more people can travel in and out of the city during peak hours. We are also seeing if people are willing to travel during 'awkward' hours (non-peak)," aviation minister Jayant Sinha told TOI.
While narrow-body planes like Airbus A-320 and Boeing 737 have 186 economy seats, Indian carriers' wide-body planes have almost 300 seats.
But only two Indian carriers—Air India and Jet—have wide-body planes. All others, including domestic market leader IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and Vistara, have only narrow-body planes. On how the plan will work in such a scenario, Sinha said: "Airlines will themselves have to decide on their equipment (type of aircraft in their fleet). When people start flying wide-body planes during peak hours and those airlines gain market share, others will have to take this into account." The government will look at incentives to nudge domestic airlines to deploy wide body on Mumbai routes "as opposed to the directive way".
"We are examining how to adjust landing slots. The most important morning and evening slots may be given to the biggest aircraft so that more people can travel in and out of the city during peak hours. We are also seeing if people are willing to travel during 'awkward' hours (non-peak)," aviation minister Jayant Sinha told TOI.
While narrow-body planes like Airbus A-320 and Boeing 737 have 186 economy seats, Indian carriers' wide-body planes have almost 300 seats.
But only two Indian carriers—Air India and Jet—have wide-body planes. All others, including domestic market leader IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and Vistara, have only narrow-body planes. On how the plan will work in such a scenario, Sinha said: "Airlines will themselves have to decide on their equipment (type of aircraft in their fleet). When people start flying wide-body planes during peak hours and those airlines gain market share, others will have to take this into account." The government will look at incentives to nudge domestic airlines to deploy wide body on Mumbai routes "as opposed to the directive way".
15/10/16 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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