Ahmedabad: Parking in Ahmedabad is not a problem only for cars but for aircraft too! Over the past five months — after the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) — grounded the entire fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft operating in India, two such aircraft remain parked at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport.
Both these aircraft, operated by the low-cost carrier SpiceJet, have become eyesores for the Airports Authority of India (AAI), according to a well-placed source. The aircraft are blocking parking space in the already crammed city airport. The parking charge for both the aircrafts amount to Rs 1.82 crores, said sources.
“The two aircraft have been parked for 169 days at the city airport,” the source said. “The circumstances are unusual, but when parking space is scarce, problems are bound to occur.” On March 12 this year, the DGCA had banned Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed minutes after take-off, killing all 157 passengers on board.
Until further instructions from the DGCA, these aircraft cannot be moved from the city airport, the source said. “SVPI airport has only 33 aircraft parking stands, against more than 250 aircraft movements including arrivals and departures,” the source said.
28/08/19 Niyati Parikh/Times of India
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Both these aircraft, operated by the low-cost carrier SpiceJet, have become eyesores for the Airports Authority of India (AAI), according to a well-placed source. The aircraft are blocking parking space in the already crammed city airport. The parking charge for both the aircrafts amount to Rs 1.82 crores, said sources.
“The two aircraft have been parked for 169 days at the city airport,” the source said. “The circumstances are unusual, but when parking space is scarce, problems are bound to occur.” On March 12 this year, the DGCA had banned Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed minutes after take-off, killing all 157 passengers on board.
Until further instructions from the DGCA, these aircraft cannot be moved from the city airport, the source said. “SVPI airport has only 33 aircraft parking stands, against more than 250 aircraft movements including arrivals and departures,” the source said.
28/08/19 Niyati Parikh/Times of India
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