The busy Mumbai airport, which uses a single runway at a time for flight operations, handled a record total of 851 flight movements last Friday . Prior to this, in February , the airport handled 840 flights in a day.
The sudden increase in flight movements was caused by an increase in chartered aircraft operations.On an average, other than the passenger flights, the airport handles about 30-40 chartered flights a day . But on Friday, the number of such flights jumped. Apart from the scheduled flights, the airport handled 50 chartered flights and 24 freighter flights.
The Mumbai airport has been constantly working towards reducing Runway Occupancy Time (ROT) for aircraft so that more operations can be handled in an hour.
The sudden increase in flight movements was caused by an increase in chartered aircraft operations.On an average, other than the passenger flights, the airport handles about 30-40 chartered flights a day . But on Friday, the number of such flights jumped. Apart from the scheduled flights, the airport handled 50 chartered flights and 24 freighter flights.
The Mumbai airport has been constantly working towards reducing Runway Occupancy Time (ROT) for aircraft so that more operations can be handled in an hour.
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