Flight delays owing to air traffic congestion at the Mumbai airport have more than halved over the past few months. This is being accredited to streamlining of Air Traffic Control (ATC) procedures, automation of clearances and improvements made to enhance runway capacity.
The airport is one of the most congested in the country.
Delays owing to air traffic have reduced to about 3-4 per cent of overall departures delays, from 10-12 per cent about eight months ago, as per the performance reports of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL).
In absolute terms, the number of departures delayed owing to air traffic at the Mumbai airport that caters to about 30 million passengers a year, have been slashed to between 10 and 40 per month for the past four months, from over 160 per month last year. Even for arrivals, pilots have to spend lesser time hovering over the Mumbai airport waiting for a window to land.
25/10/12 Manasi Phadke/Express India
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The airport is one of the most congested in the country.
Delays owing to air traffic have reduced to about 3-4 per cent of overall departures delays, from 10-12 per cent about eight months ago, as per the performance reports of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL).
In absolute terms, the number of departures delayed owing to air traffic at the Mumbai airport that caters to about 30 million passengers a year, have been slashed to between 10 and 40 per month for the past four months, from over 160 per month last year. Even for arrivals, pilots have to spend lesser time hovering over the Mumbai airport waiting for a window to land.
25/10/12 Manasi Phadke/Express India
