Flight delays vanish into thin air

Mumbai: Flight delays at Mumbai airport have almost been eliminated in the span of two days. On Wednesday, only one-tenth of the average number of late flights were sent to the back of the take-off queue. The number of flights missing their departure slots came down to 6 from 60 on Monday. The
airport operator said that six out the eight domestic carriers recorded 100 per cent on-time performance during peak hours, which are from 5:30 am to 9 am, with only the main runway available for operations.
The secondary runway was shut because of bad weather. Two independent sources from private airlines told Hindustan Times that none of the stakeholders bothered to respect schedules because there was no accountability for delays.
A new rule by the aviation regulator, which came into force from Monday, grounded late flights and crated chaos.
But for the past two days, late flights which were a persistent problem at the Mumbai airport, have vanished because of the rule.
22/07/10 Hindustan Times

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010