Mumbai Airport Operating Normally After Terror Attack

Mumbai International Airport Ltd., operator of India's busiest airfield, is functioning normally after terrorist attacks in the city's hotels last night killed 80 people in the country's first terrorist attack targeting foreigners.
``The situation is normal now, flights are operating normally,'' airport spokesman Manish Khalghatghi said in a phone interview today.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France-KLM and Northwest Airlines Corp. all canceled a flight each last night, Khalghatghi said. Singapore Airlines Ltd., Asia's most profitable airline, said it is operating flights as normal to India.
``Security in and around the international airport has been tightened,'' spokesman Stephen Forshaw said in an e-mail reply to Bloomberg queries.
Jet Airways (India) Ltd., the country's largest carrier, said flights from its home base of Mumbai are operating normally this morning, according to spokeswoman Srirupa Sen. Air India, the nation's largest overseas airline, also said its flights are on schedule from the city.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Hong Kong's largest carrier, is sticking to the normal schedule for flights to Mumbai, spokeswoman Carolyn Leung said by phone today. The airline flies 10 times to Mumbai from Hong Kong every week.
27/11/08 Vipin V. Nair/Bloomberg

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Airports Nov 2008