Akash Modi
EntMnt Contributor
MUMBAI: The congested Mumbai airport which uses only a single runway at a time for flight operations handled a total of 851 flight movements last Friday. For a while now, the airport has been handling record number of flights on particular days. Prior to this, in February the airport handled 840 takeoffs and landings in a day as there was a sudden rise in number of charter flights operated out of the city as politicians thronged Anjani village to attend former deputy chief minister R R Patil's funeral.
The sudden increase in flight movements on Friday was caused by an increase in charter aircraft operations. On an average, other than the passenger flights, the airport handles about 30-40 charter flights a day. But on certain days, like on Friday, the number of charter flights jumped. Apart from the scheduled flights, the airport handled 50 charter flights and 24 freighter flights. The Mumbai airport has been working towards reducing Runway Occupancy Time (ROT) for aircraft so that more operations can be handled in an hour.
Mumbai airport handles record 851 flights in a day - The Times of India
The sudden increase in flight movements on Friday was caused by an increase in charter aircraft operations. On an average, other than the passenger flights, the airport handles about 30-40 charter flights a day. But on certain days, like on Friday, the number of charter flights jumped. Apart from the scheduled flights, the airport handled 50 charter flights and 24 freighter flights. The Mumbai airport has been working towards reducing Runway Occupancy Time (ROT) for aircraft so that more operations can be handled in an hour.
Mumbai airport handles record 851 flights in a day - The Times of India
