Chopper ops to be hit for 2 hrs today

Mumbai: The secondary runway at Juhu airport will be shut for repairs from Tuesday for six months and flight operations will move to the main runway. But when the bigger, busier, Mumbai airport uses its secondary runway for aircraft landings or take-offs, Juhu airport is likely to suspend all its flight operations. Juhu houses the country's busiest heliport for off-shore operations.
"Every Tuesday and Friday, flight operations at the Mumbai airport are moved to the secondary runway from 2pm to 4pm as repair and maintenance work is carried out on the main runway," said an airport source. "So, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft will not be allowed to operate to or from Juhu during that time. This is because these aircraft will have to use Juhu's main runway and in doing so, they would come very close to the aircraft landing on the secondary runway of the Mumbai airport," the airport source added. However, the AAI is yet to issue a formal notice on this.
18/09/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Sep 2012