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Five-hour runway maintenance to hit airline operations in Mumbai Airport

The Airline Operations At The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai Shall Be Stalled For Five Hours On Monday Owing To Maintenance Work Being Carried Out By The Airport Authorities.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Gautam Lalotra | Updated on: 31 Oct 2016, 01:35:35 PM
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai - File Photo

New Delhi:

The airline operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai shall be stalled for five hours on Monday owing to maintenance work being carried out by the airport authorities.

The Mumbai Airport will be closed for five hours between 12 pm and 5 pm. Both the runways in Mumbai will be shut down for maintenance work during the stated period of five hours on every Monday and Thursday for about a month, from October 31 until November 28.

These routine maintanence could surely cause trouble to the passengers would have to face inconvenience for a total of nine days.

All airlines and their pilots have been informed about this maintenance work and scheduled closure by the airport authorities have. All flights heading towards Mumbai have been cancelled due to prevention runway surface work.

More than 200 flights are likely to be cancelled on each day, amounting to 2,100 cancellations in all. Meanwhile, all passengers have been advised to call the airlines and check their flight departure schedule before they head to the airport.

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First Published : 31 Oct 2016, 01:18:00 PM

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