New Delhi: For five days, the airport at Visakhapatnam has been shut to civilian traffic, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. And this time it is not the airport’s bad layout — there’s annual flooding during the monsoons — that’s causing the problem: the shutdown is because the Navy-controlled airport lacks modern navigational facilities to guide civilian air traffic even in light smog conditions.
The airport handles 63 flights every week, operated by Indian Airlines, Kingfisher, Air Deccan and Air Sahara — all four have had to cancel flights. The only aircraft landing or taking off from Vizag are Navy helicopters.
Visibility at Vizag currently stands at 3,000-metres which is fine by standards at most airports in the country. But without a modern Instrument Landing System (ILS), Vizag requires a high minimum visibility level of 4,500-5,000-metres for landing aircraft. The hills that flank Vizag airport are also a hazard, contributing to the high visibility requirements.
24/01/07 Indian Express
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Home »
» Need luck to land in Vizag airport
Need luck to land in Vizag airport
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Related Posts:
Indo-EU aviation summit in NovemberNew Delhi: Issues like regulatory developments and cargo markets will be discussed at the first ever India-EU aviation summit, to be held here betwee… Read More
‘Mumbai needs more aircraft stands’Mumbai: The Mumbai Airport International Ltd (MIAL) has been advised by international consultant Netherlands Airports Consultants BV (NACO) to consid… Read More
Chennai, Mumbai on Finnair radarHelsinki: India's financial capital Mumbai and the home of Finnish mobile giant Nokia's Production Facility, Chennai, figure prominently in the expans… Read More
Airline refuses to let in SreesanthBangalore: India paceman S Sreesanth went through a 'harrowing' experience at the Bangalore airport here on Tuesday. The Kerala bowler, who was part o… Read More
Jet plans direct flights to BangkokMumbai: As part of ramping up its international operations, Jet Airways is planning to launch direct services to Bangkok from New Delhi and Kolkata. T… Read More
0 comments:
Post a Comment