Exclusive airports for pvt jets

Bangalore: Faced with a problem of celebrity and private jets occupying a large amount of space and runway time at the country's major airports, the civil aviation ministry is floating a new idea: Exclusive airports for private jets.
A part of the civil aviation ministry's design to decongest major airports by encouraging smaller ones, the exclusive airports are to be promoted with private participation.
The win-win situation envisaged by the ministry is — the charter sector will save money by not having to wait in turn for other planes to take off; for big passenger flights, the reduction in traffic once charter planes are out, will result in faster take off time.
According to civil aviation ministry figures, of approximately 700 daily flights in New Delhi and Mumbai airports, 140 each are private charters.
Even in a smaller airport like Bangalore, which operates around 400 daily flights, the number of charters is 15 per day.
The ministry is initially looking at exclusive airports for charter jets in New Delhi and Mumbai.
11/07/07 Sowmya Aji/Times of India

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