Delhi airport to use new runway in tandem with existing ones

Mumbai: Commercial operations on Indira Gandhi International Airport's new runway 11-29, will begin from late September in a phased manner. Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. has notified the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and other concerned bodies in this regard.
In the first phase lasting two weeks, the new runway will be used in tandem with one of the existing ones for a few hours. In the next phase, the usage would increase up to 16 hours a day giving pilots experience on night operations. In the third and final phase, the new runway will be operated in line with ATC procedure, to provide the maximum available safe throughput.
This progression would give ATC, pilots and the airport operator valuable experience on operating on the new infrastructure in tandem with the existing runways. This decision was taken following the successful trial flights from the new runway by Air India, Kingfisher, Indigo and Jet Airways aircraft on August 21, 2008. Completed more than six months ahead of scheduled date of February 2009, the 75m wide runway is among the longest in Asia at 4430m.
29/08/08 India Infoline.com

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Categories: Airports Aug 2008