A statement regarding this has been issued by the airport operator. “Both runways (RWY 09/27 and RWY 14/32) will remain temporarily closed from 11 am to 5 pm on Tuesday,” it said.
Flight operations at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will be temporarily suspended on Tuesday. This decision has been taken due to routine maintenance work on the 2 runways of the airport. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the country. Actually, after the monsoon, work is going on on a large scale for runway maintenance. In this context, two runways of CSMIA will remain closed for 6 hours tomorrow. In such a situation, this important information is already being issued to the passengers. People can complete their journey keeping in mind the time.
A statement regarding this has been issued by the airport operator. It said, ‘Both runways (RWY 09/27 and RWY 14/32) will remain temporarily closed from 11 am to 5 pm on 17 October 2023.’ CSMIA said that a notice regarding this was issued to airlines and other stakeholders six months ago. The main purpose of this closure is to carry out repair and maintenance work to maintain the airport infrastructure to the highest standards. “Runway maintenance after monsoon is part of the annual exercise,” the statement said. This is a very important step for the safety of passengers.
As a part of CSMIA’s comprehensive post-monsoon runway maintenance plan, both runways – RWY 09/27 and RWY 14/32 will be temporarily non-operational on 17th October 2023, from 1100 hrs to 1700 hrs. We look forward to the cooperation and support from our passengers.#MumbaiAirport pic.twitter.com/FmxJuBktZE
— CSMIA (@CSMIA_Official) September 22, 2023
Decline in cases of flight cancellations during fog
It is noteworthy that there has been a decline in the cases of flight cancellations and diversions during fog. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia himself gave this information last Friday. He said that this has happened due to the activeness of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airport Authority of India (AAI). Scindia said this has happened despite a 22 percent increase in aircraft movement in the last two years. The period between 10 December and 10 February each year is generally considered to be the fog period in India. The release said that 124 flights out of a total of 136374 were canceled in 2021-22. Therefore, the flight cancellation rate was 0.09 percent. In the year 2022-23, out of total 166927 flights, 86 were cancelled. In this way the rate of cancellation of flights was 0.05 percent.
