Mumbai Airport Runway Closure

Flight operations at Mumbai Airport resumed after six hours on Tuesday as the facility operator carried out a scheduled day-long post-monsoon maintenance work, which included the installation of runway edge lights, among others.

Mumbai airport will close its runway from 11 am to 5 pm on Tuesday for post-monsoon maintenance, the airport tweeted.

Mumbai was brought to a virtual standstill after heavy rain pounded the city on Monday night, killing more than 20 people in the city and neighbouring Thane. The local trains, a lifeline for Mumbai's 20 million residents, were affected badly with many suburban as well as long-distance trains cancelled. Many flights were diverted and cancelled as we...

As many as 230 flights were cancelled on Thursday from the Mumbai airport due to closure of two runways for maintenance and repair work sources said, according to news agency PTI.

Operation of around 255 flights was affected on Wednesday due to a six-hour closure of both the runways at the Mumbai Airport on account of repair and maintenance work, officials said.

Flight services at the Mumbai airport were severely hit on Monday with various airlines cancelling as many as 225 flights, besides rescheduling scores of others, due to the closure of the main runway for six hours for pre-monsoon maintenance work.

A Mumbai-bound Air Canada flight from Toronto which was forced to fly to Hyderabad by the Mumbai ATC due to a runway closure last month was not provided details of alternative aerodromes, the airline has claimed.

Over 180 flights at the Mumbai airport have been cancelled since last night due to heavy rains and closure of the main runway after a SpiceJet aircraft skidded off the runway and got stuck in mud, blocking it.

Several flights to Dubai would be affected for 80 days from May one due to closure of two runways there for upgrade, with Jet Airways and Air India Express announcing shifting of most of their flights to neighbouring Sharjah and revising timings for some operations.

As many as 15-20 flights were delayed by up to 30 minutes on the first day of the main runway closure at the city airport today.

The following flights were affected on Tuesday, due to the runway closure at Mumbai between 12 noon and 6 pm.

Flight operations at Mumbai Airport resumed after six hours on Tuesday as the facility operator carried out a scheduled day-long post-monsoon maintenance work, which included the installation of runway edge lights, among others.

Mumbai airport will close its runway from 11 am to 5 pm on Tuesday for post-monsoon maintenance, the airport tweeted.

Mumbai was brought to a virtual standstill after heavy rain pounded the city on Monday night, killing more than 20 people in the city and neighbouring Thane. The local trains, a lifeline for Mumbai's 20 million residents, were affected badly with many suburban as well as long-distance trains cancelled. Many flights were diverted and cancelled as we...

As many as 230 flights were cancelled on Thursday from the Mumbai airport due to closure of two runways for maintenance and repair work sources said, according to news agency PTI.

Operation of around 255 flights was affected on Wednesday due to a six-hour closure of both the runways at the Mumbai Airport on account of repair and maintenance work, officials said.

Flight services at the Mumbai airport were severely hit on Monday with various airlines cancelling as many as 225 flights, besides rescheduling scores of others, due to the closure of the main runway for six hours for pre-monsoon maintenance work.

A Mumbai-bound Air Canada flight from Toronto which was forced to fly to Hyderabad by the Mumbai ATC due to a runway closure last month was not provided details of alternative aerodromes, the airline has claimed.

Over 180 flights at the Mumbai airport have been cancelled since last night due to heavy rains and closure of the main runway after a SpiceJet aircraft skidded off the runway and got stuck in mud, blocking it.

Several flights to Dubai would be affected for 80 days from May one due to closure of two runways there for upgrade, with Jet Airways and Air India Express announcing shifting of most of their flights to neighbouring Sharjah and revising timings for some operations.

As many as 15-20 flights were delayed by up to 30 minutes on the first day of the main runway closure at the city airport today.

The following flights were affected on Tuesday, due to the runway closure at Mumbai between 12 noon and 6 pm.