Panel to keep tabs on flight delays

Mumbai: The civil aviation ministry has taken serious note of flight delays and asked Mumbai and Delhi airports to set up a special committee to analyse on-time performance of airlines on a daily basis.
In an air transport circular sent to Mumbai and Delhi airports last week, the ministry directed the airport operator, airline officials and traffic controllers to send daily reports on on-time performance of flights and reasons for delays. Experts see this as a move towards maintaining flight schedule discipline as is done at many international airports abroad.
Airlines, till this move, have been sending performance data to the DGCA on a monthly basis. Now, however, all details are collated and sent across by the airport operator to a dedicated task force in Delhi. This is the second step taken by the ministry to bring airlines to book for not abiding to schedule.
The ministry has already started releasing monthly lists of airlines’ on-time performance.
12/07/09 Chinmayi Shalya/Economic Times

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2009