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Flight operations at Mumbai airport to remain suspended for 6 hrs on Oct 18

Flight operations at Mumbai airport will remain suspended for six hours on October 18 for runway maintenance work, which is likely to hit passengers significantly, the private airport operator said on Thursday. Mumbai airport has two intersecting runways, the main runway 9/27 and secondary runway 14/32, which handle around 800 flights per day, making it the second busiest aerodrome after Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. The operator, Adani Group, said it has "planned a runway closure on October 18 from 11 am to 5 pm, for repair and maintenance work on both its runways", as part of its annual post-monsoon preventive maintenance exercise. During the closure period, the facility operator will carry out major work such as runway edge lights for runway 14/32, upgradation of AGL (aeronautical ground lights ), among others, it stated. CSMIA (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) said that in cooperation with key stakeholders, it has already rescheduled flights for

Mumbai airport handles 260,000 passengers over weekend, most since May 2020

Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai were the top three domestic destinations, while Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Singapore took the top three positions for highest international traffic

Mumbai airport conducts mock drill to check security preparedness

The city airport on Saturday conducted a mock drill along with multiple internal and external holders to assess its security preparedness at the facility, according to a statement. As part of this, the private airport operator carried out a full-scale bomb threat drill for about 1.35 hours from 1.02 pm on Saturday without causing any inconvenience to passengers or any impact on the facility's operations, it said. The mock drill was conducted at terminal-2 (T2) wherein the airport received an intimation about a bomb threat during the afternoon hours. Conducted as a surprise drill, it tested not only the airport's disaster response system, but also its calm coordination to avert the crisis, the airport operator said. The airport organises emergency mock drills on a time-to-time basis to assess the alertness, efficiency and preparedness of the airport staff. Simulated exercise is also a part of the efforts to improve the safety measures which are highly critical in cases of a threat t

Loan refinancing improves Adani-run Mumbai airport's liquidity: CRISIL

However, rating agency says strengths partially offset by risks associated with delay in tariff orders and air traffic

Air India unions file pleas against proposed eviction of employees

The unions argue that the airline's letter asking employees to vacate office accommodation by July 26 amounts to a change in service condition.

AI flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai as engine shuts down mid-air

An A320neo plane of Tata Group-run Air India returned to the Mumbai airport just 27 minutes after take off as one of its engines shut down mid-air due to a technical issue, sources said on Friday.

Mumbai airport completes runway maintenance work; 150 flights rescheduled

The private airport operator said it temporarily shut the runway between 11 am and 5 pm on Tuesday to facilitate the maintenance and repair work

Adani group raises $250 million debt to fund development at six airports

The group has option to raise another $200 million under the existing facility

Mumbai airport gets $750 million from private bond sale to Apollo Global

A major bond market rout globally has prompted several Asian companies to revise their dent sale plans.

Adani-owned Mumbai International Airport begins revenue sharing with AAI

While DIAL pays 45.99 per cent of its revenues as fees to the AAI, for MIAL it is 38.70 per cent

Mumbai Airport asks Air India to vacate land, including four staff colonies

The colonies house 1,600 families; notice served on March 11, barely a month after airline's handover to Tata Sons

AAI received Rs 13k cr revenue from Delhi, Mumbai airports in 5 yrs: Govt

Under Public Private Partnership (PPP), Delhi and Mumbai airports were handed over to the private partners in 2006

Adani group's Mumbai airport delays proposed dollar bond: Report

Financial market upheaval following Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts deal on hold.

Mumbai airport hires banks for sale of dollar-denominated bonds: Report

Mumbai International Airport has hired a group of banks to arrange a sale of US dollar-denominated bonds to refinance existing debt and for capital expenditure, a bank document showed on Monday.

Mumbai airport passenger traffic grows by 21% in 2021, shows data

The city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) handled 21 per cent more passengers at 19.8 million in 2021 compared to the previous year

DGCA investigating pushback tractor fire incident at Mumbai airport

No injuries were reported and there was no damage to the Air India plane, which eventually took off for Jamnagar after a slight delay

At Mumbai airport, ED stops actor Jacqueline Fernandez from flying abroad

The 36-year-old actor was stopped by the immigration authorities at the Mumbai airport on the basis of a Look Out Circular (LoC) issued by the federal probe agency

Negative RT-PCR report must for all domestic passengers arriving in Mumbai

Amid global concerns over the Omicron strain, the Mumbai civic body on Wednesday mandated all domestic passengers landing at the city airport to carry a negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours

After 6 infectees, Mumbai airport 'segregates' overseas passengers

The Airport on Wednesday started segregating passengers arriving here from the 'high-risk' countries, after six were found infected in the past few days, an official said

1,000 travellers from African nations landed in Mumbai in last 15 days: BMC

The Mumbai civic body collected swab samples of at least 100 travellers