Mumbai: The skies over India’s financial capital are facing an unprecedented jam. Not something that those flying to and from the thriving metropolis flanking the Arabian Sea are unused to but with almost a quarter of flights from Mumbai cancelled every alternate day through March, travellers and airlines are in a tizzy.
Airport authorities are scrambling to squeeze in as many flights as possible while fares have soared, upsetting passengers during the ongoing peak domestic winter schedule. Adding to the woes, opening of the first phase of a new airport in Navi Mumbai is expected to be delayed by a few years.
On a normal day, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSIA) handles as many as 940 flights with its two runways in full stream.
