The Ministry of Civil Aviation has implemented a new system to curb congestion at Mumbai Airport, involving automatically limiting slot allocations for aircraft. The restrictions cap flights at 42 per hour during normal hours and 44 during high-intensity hours. Now, there is a system in place where no approval will be given to the airport operator to allow airlines to fly beyond 42 and 44 flights during the summer and winter schedules. Mumbai Airport has a cross runway (one runway overlapping the other), due to which it can only take 44 flights during high-intensity hours and 42 flights in non-high-intensity hours. But the airport had 47 and 48 flights, respectively, leading to congestion. An analysis by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) revealed that excessive slot allocations and poor adherence contributed significantly to congestion, as per a report.
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