Mumbai: After a delay of almost a year, the new air-traffic control (ATC) tower at the city airport is finally ready for use.
But it still cannot handle flight movements immediately. On October 18, the Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd ( MIAL) will hand over the new tower to the Airports Authority of India ( AAI) for ATC equipment testing and installations. After that, the ATC will take a month to start handling flight movements from the new location and another month for a final
takeover. The full set-up, complete with offices, will be moved to the tower by the end of November. Located off the Western Express Highway, the 84-m-high structure, which is roughly the size of a 30-storey building, will allow the secondary runway at the airport to be free of obstacles. The current ATC tower stands too close to the secondary runway.
17/10/13 Times of India
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But it still cannot handle flight movements immediately. On October 18, the Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd ( MIAL) will hand over the new tower to the Airports Authority of India ( AAI) for ATC equipment testing and installations. After that, the ATC will take a month to start handling flight movements from the new location and another month for a final
takeover. The full set-up, complete with offices, will be moved to the tower by the end of November. Located off the Western Express Highway, the 84-m-high structure, which is roughly the size of a 30-storey building, will allow the secondary runway at the airport to be free of obstacles. The current ATC tower stands too close to the secondary runway.
17/10/13 Times of India
