The Chandigarh airport remained closed for all commercial flights for the second day Sunday owing to repairs, putting air travellers to a lot of inconvenience.
The runway of the airport, which is controlled by defence authorities, is undergoing repairs due to which it was closed Saturday and Sunday, said officials.
The Indian Air Force (IAF), which operates several flights from this airport for frontier areas, particular to Leh (Ladakh), is carrying out the repairs on the runway.
All commercial flights to and from Chandigarh stood cancelled from 10 a.m. Saturday due to the repair work. Only three commercial flights landed and took off from here prior to that time Saturday.
24/11/13 IANS/Daily News & Analysis
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The runway of the airport, which is controlled by defence authorities, is undergoing repairs due to which it was closed Saturday and Sunday, said officials.
The Indian Air Force (IAF), which operates several flights from this airport for frontier areas, particular to Leh (Ladakh), is carrying out the repairs on the runway.
All commercial flights to and from Chandigarh stood cancelled from 10 a.m. Saturday due to the repair work. Only three commercial flights landed and took off from here prior to that time Saturday.
24/11/13 IANS/Daily News & Analysis
