Mumbai airport closure leaves passengers in the lurch

Mumbai: The closure of the Mumbai airport on Saturday for five hours due to runway maintenance caught some passengers unawares. Inbound passengers, who were warned by the media, were able to reach the city, and the airport was forced to reschedule and combine flights so as to not inconvenience passengers further.
Rama Tirodkar, 50,and advocate Rajan Nair, 50, were two of the passengers left twiddling their thumbs at the airport.
The Goan residents were booked on Spicejet's Jaipur-Mumbai-Goa flight, only to be stranded midway. “On April 21, the airline sent us a message that our Jaipur-Mumbai flight SG 343 has been cancelled. But the next day they SMSed that it has been preponed, and instead of 10am, it will leave at 8.15am from Jaipur,” said Tirodkar. “Now they are telling us that due to runway closure, the flight will leave at 5pm.”
But some passengers like SK Mathur, 50, a civil engineer from Delhi, preponed his flight to Mumbai, thanks to updates from the media.
24/04/11 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Apr 2011