Civilian flight schedules reworked at Pune

Pune: In a bid to make things easy for President Pratibha Patil’s Sukhoi sortie, a number of civilian flights at the Lohegaon International Airport were rescheduled in the morning. While many flights could take off later than usual, some others left earlier.
The Air Force authorities had not just cordoned off the roads leading to the air base, but had also intimated the civil airport authorities to keep air traffic off during the time slot.
“Much before the visit, the Air Force had informed us about the event. They had requested us to intimate all the airlines not to fly any aircraft during the time slot, in which the Sukhoi flight was scheduled to take off,” Airport director Capt Deepak Shastri said.
et Airways scheduled its flight earlier than the regular time. Instead of 11.10 am, the Mumbai flight was scheduled at 10.20 am. SpiceJet’s SG 212 Pune-Delhi flight, which leaves Pune at 11.35, left at 12.25 pm. Indigo rescheduled its 11.50 Delhi flight to 1 pm.
26/11/09 Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Nov 2009