Mumbai: The soaring number of chartered planes and private jets are now jostling with commercial flights for the attention of aviation experts and airport operators.
The aviation industry has been on its toes with the ever-rising number of commercial flights and the burgeoning passenger traffic. Now, the officials also have to deal with the rising general aviation (GA) flights, which refer to all flights other than military and scheduled operations.
A look at the GA flight movements at Mumbai and Delhi indicates why airport officials and experts are mulling over creating special or separate facilities for those who want to fly out on their private jets or chartered planes. While Mumbai airport saw a rise of 61.18% in GA movement from 2005-06, its Delhi counterpart witnessed a growth of 31.33% in the past four years.
The growth has been similar in Delhi and Mumbai as the financial capital of the country witnessed 33.55% more GA flights during the past four years.
Mumbai, which handled 8,245 non-scheduled flights in 2006, deals with 13,290 of them in 2010-11. Every day, an average 38 GA planes take off and land in Mumbai, though the number was 22 a few years ago. Last year, Mumbai airport handled 30,000 passengers who flew in and out through private or non-scheduled flights.
23/05/11 Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India
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