Plan to decongest Mumbai airport hits roadblock

Mumbai: Plans by Airports Authority of India to decongest the busy Mumbai airport by moving all helicopter operations to the nearby Juhu airport have hit a roadblock.
With helicopter operations as well as fixed wing operations moving here, serious questions are being raised about this airport's ability to cope with increased traffic and security considerations.
The Rotary Wing Society of India says serious objections they had raised to Juhu airport authorities about infrastructure and security issues have gone unheeded.
Among their concerns are lack of night landing facilities, lack of co-ordination between Mumbai and Juhu air traffic control, lack of adequate parking space and hangars, lack of adequate security, especially around the periphery encroached by slums and trees blocking the runway approach path.
Around 16-17 helicopter operations have already moved to Juhu airport, bringing the total number of operations here to around 100 a day.
12/01/11 Raksha Shetty/CNN-IBN

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Airports Jan 2011