Runway repair work delays departures at Mumbai

Mumbai: Several flights, especially those flying out of the city, were delayed by an hour on Thursday because the main runway was not available for operations. Flight movement went out of hand by evening because the smaller runway was jostling for space to handle peak hour traffic. “It is a terrible day.
All our evening flights are leaving after 9pm,” said a senior operation staff with a private airline.
An Air India flight IC 572 carrying 100 passengers to Chennai missed its departure slot because the coach that ferries passengers was stuck in the airfield traffic.
22/10/10 Hindustan Times

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Categories: airports Oct 2010