Mumbai: As many as 15-20 flights were delayed by up to 30 minutes on the first day of the main runway closure at the city airport on Thursday.
The main runway will remain shut for eight hours every day, except Sunday, till February next year as the airport operator Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) is carrying out maintenance work.
"Some 15-20 flights were affected due to the main runway closure between 9 am-5 pm today. As the secondary runway does not have that much capacity, these flights were delayed by up to 30 minutes," an official with a domestic carrier said.
The city airport handles close to 710 arrivals and departures including 520 domestic ones in 24 hours.
The cross-runway flight operations of the country's second busiest airport wee in place since 2009 to maximise operational efficiency.
21/11/13 PTI/ZeeNews
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The main runway will remain shut for eight hours every day, except Sunday, till February next year as the airport operator Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) is carrying out maintenance work.
"Some 15-20 flights were affected due to the main runway closure between 9 am-5 pm today. As the secondary runway does not have that much capacity, these flights were delayed by up to 30 minutes," an official with a domestic carrier said.
The city airport handles close to 710 arrivals and departures including 520 domestic ones in 24 hours.
The cross-runway flight operations of the country's second busiest airport wee in place since 2009 to maximise operational efficiency.
21/11/13 PTI/ZeeNews
