Mumbai airport runways to shut for six hours, certain flights cancelled
Mumbai airport runways to shut for six hours, certain flights cancelled Mumbai airport will remain shut between 11am and 5pm Monday and on Tuesday for monsoon repairs. The closing of runways is expected to cause air traffic congestion, which will lead to consequential delays on Tuesday. In October, flight operations were severely hit due to a pothole on the main runway. Maintenance work will be carried out on the intersection of the main (09) and secondary (27) runway. All airlines operating to and from the city airport have either cancelled or rescheduled their flights during these hours. 34 flights have been cancelled by Air India while two flights have been rescheduled. The rescheduled flights include AI 611 and 612 (Mumbai- Jaipur) and vice versa, AI 680 (Mumbai- Mangalore) and AI 696 (Varanasi- Mumbai). Jet Airways rescheduled 17 international and 53 domestic flights and cancelled six international and 64 domestic flights. “The effect of airport closure will gradually reduce and everything will be brought to normal,” said the official. -PTC News
