IGI runway work set to hit 200 flights daily
New Delhi, June 7 -- Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport will cancel 114 flights daily and reschedule another 86 during a three-month runway closure from June 15 to September 15, airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) announced on Friday.
The plan, developed after detailed deliberations with airlines and other stakeholders, aims to prevent a repeat of the widespread chaos that erupted in April when the same runway maintenance work was attempted without adequate coordination.
The airport typically handles close to 1,450 flights daily, meaning around 7.8% of all flights will be cancelled on a daily basis-marginally above the typical 3-4% daily flight cancellations. "So this is just marginally above average,"...
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