Domestic Airport Suffers Congestion
Chaos prevailed at the domestic terminals at Santacruz on Tuesday as most of the flights, both incoming and outgoing, were running behind schedule putting hundreds of passengers and their relatives to great inconvenience.
Though no tangible reason was given by the concerned airlines it was learned that the worst hit were Air Deccan, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Kingfisher.
When the board of the Arrivals at Mumbai was checked on 9th January between 12pm and 3pm it was observed that only about 5 % flights were on time. Deccan Airways flight DN-763 from Bangalore was delayed by more than 2 hours. The Indian Airlines flight IC-165 expected at 9:55 landed at 13:20 and IC-166 from Kochi which was expected at 12:00 landed at 13:25. Jet Airways Flight 9W-350 from Vadodara was delayed by 40 minutes while 9W-328 from Ahmedabad was delayed by 30 minutes. Those flying by Kingfisher Airlines experienced delays of 45 minutes on a flight IT-106 from Bangalore
Marina Rosario, Housewife, said, "My husband is a frequent flyer and travels at least three times a week by flight. Delays are such an expected thing and it is a real harassment to passengers. The delays of 10-15 minutes are all fine but more than that it gets unbearable. People who have to be in time for conferences face so many problems because of this."
People who come to receive their loved ones at airports sometimes would have to wait for hours with no confirmation on what time the flights would actually land. A little bad weather spells out major inconvenience to passengers and flights get delayed for more than 3 hours or cancelled, one of the recent examples being the foggy weather in Delhi.
Girish Nair, Medical Doctor and frequent flyer, said, "It is really detestable how so many flights get delayed on a regular basis every single day and nothing is being done about it. I had studied my medicine about 20 years ago from Moscow and back then come fog or snow flights would at most get delayed by 15 minutes and not more. Here we are in the 21 century with modern technology but people have to bear with flights being delayed by an hour and sometimes even more. Personally I feel the number of flights should be decreased or the landing space should be increased. Instead of beautifying the airports something just has to be done about the flight delays."
Brig. Chowdhary, Retired Army Office, said, "The Airport is like a railway station with people waiting hours for flights to come in. The flight I am waiting for was supposed to land at, but God only knows when it will arrive."
Himadri Katharani, Businesswoman, said, "About half an hour has past since I have been waiting for my niece at the airport. Her flight was to land at \n13:45 but no signs of her yet. The automated real time system said the flight would land at about 14:05 while the live operator said it is supposed to have landed at 14:10."
People who come to receive their loved ones at airports sometimes would have to wait for hours with no confirmation on what time the flights would actually land. A little bad weather spells out major inconvenience to passengers and flights get delayed for more than 3 hours or cancelled, one of the recent examples being the foggy weather in Delhi.
Most people feel that something should be done about this air traffic congestion. They feel that more focus should be put on the handling of air traffic rather than on other issues that different authorities concerned with this airport are more focused on. Mumbai Airport continues to cry out as it is unable to cope with the ever growing air traffic.
Most people feel that something should be done about this air traffic congestion. They feel that more focus should be put on the handling of air traffic rather than on other issues that different authorities concerned with this airport are more focused on. This Mumbai Airport continues to cry out as it is unable to cope with the ever growing air traffic.
