Chennai: The city airport will be able to accommodate more flights during peak hours as Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to make simultaneous use of the main runway and the second runway. The decision comes after a trial last month proved successful.
Planes will now take off from the second runway during peak hours so that the airport can increase the frequency of flight movements and more slots can be given to airlines.
A senior official of AAI said they would increase the aircraft handling capacity from 36 flights per hour to 42. "The procedure used for air traffic control could also be perfected to reduce delays on ground and on air," he said. The trial started with small aircraft using the second runway for take-off and later bigger planes such as A320 and B787s took off from the runway.
The procedure called cross runway operations has helped the airport handle flight operations during twice-a-week maintenance of the main runway.
Earlier, flights had to be regulated and whenever an airline overshot the closure time, delays resulted. Now, the second runway is used for departures.
04/02/18 Times of India
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Planes will now take off from the second runway during peak hours so that the airport can increase the frequency of flight movements and more slots can be given to airlines.
A senior official of AAI said they would increase the aircraft handling capacity from 36 flights per hour to 42. "The procedure used for air traffic control could also be perfected to reduce delays on ground and on air," he said. The trial started with small aircraft using the second runway for take-off and later bigger planes such as A320 and B787s took off from the runway.
The procedure called cross runway operations has helped the airport handle flight operations during twice-a-week maintenance of the main runway.
Earlier, flights had to be regulated and whenever an airline overshot the closure time, delays resulted. Now, the second runway is used for departures.
04/02/18 Times of India
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