DGCA clips airlines’ summer plans

Bangalore: The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has rejected one out of every six proposals for aircraft movements in and out of Mumbai. The summer schedule finalised by the DGCA for Mumbai airport, reveals more than 70 movement rejections (into and out of Mumbai), the bulk of them being requests for extra flights.
Of the 98 movements Kingfisher Airlines had filed for this summer, 28 were struck down.
Despite the high rejection rate, Kingfisher will have double the number of slots out of Mumbai than budget carrier Air Deccan during rush hours this summer. Deccan has seen 19 of the 54 movements applied for rejected.
Jet Airways will have the maximum number of movements out of Mumbai at 164 this summer. Only eight of its 172 movements were rejected.
The DGCA has given GoAir 29 movements by striking down six of the 35 filed for. SpiceJet and IndiGo have had the lowest number of movements struck off. Only two each were rejected, giving them 23 and 10 movements respectively out of Mumbai this summer.
22/03/07 Praveena Sharma/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: General Aviation Mar 2007