MUMBAI: On the day the Wadia Group’s airline Go First filed for bankruptcy proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal, the airline’s three flights to Mumbai on Monday evening were diverted to Ahmedabad and Surat, reportedly due to congestion at Mumbai Airport which was shut for six hours for pre-monsoon repair and maintenance work.
Flight G8287 from Srinagar to Mumbai, scheduled to arrive in Mumbai at 5.55 pm, was the first to be diverted to Surat. Flight G8350 from Varanasi to Mumbai, scheduled to land in Mumbai at 6.10 pm, was the next to be diverted to Ahmedabad. Flight G8336 from Delhi to Mumbai, slated to arrive at 6.40 pm, was also diverted to Surat airport. All three flights almost reached Mumbai Airport and did go-arounds before diverting to Surat, showed the flight data from the flightradar24.com, a real-time flight monitoring website.
