Pre-monsoon work at Mumbai Airport hits 300 flights

Close to 300 or about 30% of flights to and from Mumbai were cancelled on Monday due to a six-hour-long shutdown of the main runway for premonsoon maintenance work.

A similar disruption is expected on Tuesday. “The main runway of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) handled by GVK MIAL, will be unoperational on April 9 and 10 between 1100 hrs and 1700 hrs on account of pre-monsoon maintenance activities,” said a communication from Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), the GVK-led consortium that operates the airport.

Mumbai airport, India’s second busiest, handles about 950 flights every day. It is also India’s most congested airport.


While IndiGo has cancelled 30 flights (arrivals and departures). Jet Airways’ website shows close to 70 cancellations, including international flights. A spokesperson for SpiceJet said 18 flights have been cancelled. “Passengers are requested to connect with their respective airlines,” MIAL said.

Post-monsoon maintenance work on the runway intersection will also be done on October 23 between 11 am and 5 pm, leading to another shutdown of the airport.