The government has asked the Mumbai airport to cut nearly 40 flights per day in order to curb severe congestion that often leads to aircraft hovering over the airport for 40 to 60 minutes to get a landing slot as well as flight delays.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said it was forced to step in after the Mumbai International Airport Limited failed to streamline traffic.
The government also found the airport guilty of granting arrival and departure slots to airlines in excess of its capacity and without sufficient time gap between various flights, the Ministry said.
