Mumbai International Airport Update: Attention air passengers! Runways of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai to be closed for pre-monsoon upkeep work. As a part of CSMIA’s monsoon contingency plan, each Mumbai Airport runways – RWY 14/32 and 09/27 will stay non – operational for pre monsoon upkeep and restore works, on 10 May 2022. The runway closure can be from 11:00 AM to 05:00 PM and on this regard, a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been issued. All runway providers of Mumbai will International Airport resume as traditional from 10 May 2022 publish 05:00 PM, in response to an official assertion.
Thus, flyers have been requested by the airport to verify with their respective airways on their flights scheduled for 10 May 2022. According to CSMIA, the runway closure is an annual apply and a contingency plan on the identical helps to keep up operational continuity in addition to guarantee the protection of passengers.
Last month, it was reported that Ahmedabad Airport made a report because the re-carpeting work on the three.5 kilometre lengthy runway of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport within the state of Gujarat was accomplished in only a span of 75 days. The announcement was made by the airport operator- Adani group. For re-carpeting the runway of the Ahmedabad Airport, two lakh metric tonnes of asphalt had been used, whereas 40,000 cubic meters of concrete had been used for the runway drainage system, the airport operator mentioned. A press release issued by the airport operator claimed that it was the quickest re-carpeting work performed on any brownfield runway.
Earlier, the undertaking was deliberate for 200 working days, nevertheless, the Adani group had reset the goal to 90 working days by growing the sources. The undertaking crew accomplished the work, subsequently, in only a interval of 75 working days whereas working for 9 hours per day with out disturbing the scheduled flights’ operations.
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