Pune airport to be closed for two weeks

Mumbai: Pune airport will remain closed from Feb 12 to Feb 26 for re-carpeting the runway. During the fortnight-long closure, at least 26 flights will be affected.
According to airport officials, there have been continuous disruptions in flights at Pune for past few months because of maintenance work. The decision to close the airport is due to safety reasons.
Airlines operating from Pune include Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, SpiceJet, IndiGo, JetLite and Simplifly Deccan.
The closure is likely to lead to revenue loss for the airlines. SpiceJet alone would incur a loss of around Rs 40 million ($1 million).
"During this period, all flights being operated from Pune to Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad would be cancelled," Siddhanta Sharma, the chief executive officer of SpiceJet, told IANS.
Kingfisher Airlines and Simplifly Deccan have also announced the suspension of flights to and from Pune.
Air India, which operates domestic and international flights from various Indian cities, has stopped bookings for its Pune flights.
Apart from the scheduled airlines, companies such as Kirloskar Group and Bajaj Group use the Pune airport for their private jets.
02/02/08 Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times

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