Mumbai, Feb 29:
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Wednesday said after putting curbs on flights the traffic congestion at
Mumbai Airport improved a lot with less delay in flight arrivals.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), one of the busiest airports, has been
experiencing frequent congestion for the past few months leading to aircraft hovering overhead for a
significant duration causing inconvenience due to passenger delay, wastage of fuel and environmental
pollution, the press note said.
After many complaints the civil aviation ministry directed the Airport operator; Mumbai International
Airport Limited (MIAL) and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) on January 2 to mitigate congestion by
restricting the movements of non-scheduled flights (General Aviation) during peak hours (8-11 am, 5 pm
and 8 pm and 9.15 pm and 11.15 pm)
Just 4% of arrivals were delayed over 30 minutes in the 16-24 February period compared to more than
26% during 11 November-10 December, the aviation ministry said. Similarly, 57% of flights arrived with a
delay of 0-15 minutes and 26% with a delay of 15-30 minutes in the February stretch, against 25% and
14% in November-December.
