{"id":8191,"date":"2019-10-01T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=8191"},"modified":"2019-11-01T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:30:32","slug":"five-months-of-misery-at-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/five-months-of-misery-at-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Five months of misery at Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airlines and operators are preparing for major peak-hour disruption<\/strong> at VABB\/Mumbai Airport, on account of a partial<\/strong> shutdown of the main runway<\/strong> over the next five months.<\/p>\n

The main runway will be closed for repairs from 4th Nov 2019 to 28th Mar 2020, between 0930-1730 local time, Mondays to Saturdays. The second runway will be operational during this time, but this can only handle 36 flights per hour – which is around 80% of the regular traffic.<\/p>\n

The main runway will remain open on all the big festivals and holiday dates during this period: Dec 25, Jan 1 & 15, Feb 19 & 21, Mar 10 & 25.<\/p>\n

This is the second time this year that Mumbai airport has enforced a partial runway shutdown. The first instance, which lasted from Feb 7 to March 30, was for repair works at the intersection of the two runways, which lead to peak hour closures.<\/p>\n

This new closure has been announced through a combination of Notam<\/a> (for Nov 4 to Nov 7), and AIP SUP<\/a> (for Nov 7 to Mar 28).<\/p>\n

Other things worth knowing:<\/h4>\n