Blame other airports for arrival delays, says MIAL

Mumbai: The Mumbai airport claimed that although it had eliminated delays in departures, arrivals continued to run late because the aviation regulator had failed to ensure other airports were penalising delays according to its new rule. As a result, it claimed that city-bound flights continued to land 40
to 45 minutes behind schedule. Following the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's rule, starting at 5 am on Monday, the air traffic control began sending flights that were not ready to take off on schedule to the back of the queue.
"Unless other busy airports such as Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, implement the rule, we cannot reduce delays in arrivals," said a spokesperson for Mumbai International Airport Limited.
Mumbai’s air traffic control staff also said that too many flights had to circle above the airport waiting to land because flights from other airports were not arriving on time.
24/07/10 Soubhik Mitra/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010