Jam in the skies?

Highly placed sources in the Union Civil Aviation Ministry have warned against massive traffic snarls mid-air. According to the sources, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued orders for the exclusive use of the main runway for take offs and secondary runway for landings, a positive move to make our skies safer.
However, owing to the peak season rush, over two lakh people are expected to throng the Delhi Airport. All flights have been booked to capacity for the pre-Christmas weekend and the Delhi airport is expected to see the most number of footfalls on Dec 22 and 23.
And with the new order implying that one runway would be available for take offs, while the other one for landing, it may bring down flight movement sharply. Around 25-42 flights move on both the runways in one hour at a given point of time in a day, however, due to the new order, flight movement will be restricted to only 30 flights per hour.
And to add to customer's woes, the Met office has predicted of shallow fog, which has become a major cause of concern for officials as they are worried that any fog related delays could cause complete chaos at the airport.
21/12/07 Times Now.tv

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Categories: Airports Dec 2007, General Aviation Dec 2007