Delhi int'l airport to slow down as it shuts runway for 3 months

Runway 28/10 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport will be closed for maintenance work from Sunday for three months till September 15, during which more than 200 flights will be affected daily, officials aware of the matter said.

- Snehil Sinha

NEW DELHI:

The closure is bound to affect passenger movement as 114 flights will be cancelled and another 86 rescheduled on a daily basis, according to airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).

One of the four runways at the Delhi airport, Runway 28/10 is set to undergo upgradation work to make it CAT-IIIB compliant for the upcoming fog season.

The flight management 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.

However, in the coming days, some additional flights may be impacted due to the changing airspace situation amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel.

Officials, meanwhile, said that they are confident about the new plan.