Thursday, January 02, 2014

Mumbai: New ATC set to increase flights to 50 per hour

Long after citizens had welcomed the New Year with wild cheers and fireworks across the city, air traffic officials at Mumbai airport began celebrating with high-fives at 11.32am. They had just guided the Jammu-bound Indigo 6E 559 to take off from the new air traffic control tower, which became operational on Wednesday.
Standing tall at 84 metres, airport authorities claim the new ATC tower to be the tallest in India.
The state-of-art structure is expected to improve operational efficiency in terms of traffic management. With the new rapid taxiway expected to be complete by May, officials say the new tower will help them increase the peak-hour capacity to 50 movements from the current figure of 42 landing/take-offs.
The rise in number of flight movements will lead to an increase in the seat capacity from Mumbai airport, which, in turn, may translate to reduction in airfares. J Dasgupta, GM (ATC) said, “The purpose of getting the most advanced equipment available at the ATC is to increase the capacity and efficiency of the air traffic management system.” Insiders say that the flight movement capacity at city airport has already reached its saturation level due to cross runways and other topographical constraints.
02/01/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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