The air above Mumbai too is congested

It's not just the Mumbai roads that are facing traffic jams, even the air above the metropolis is congested. And this is proving to be a recurring problem for authorities at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), as last month, 1,612 arriving and 1,722 departing flights were delayed.

CSIA is among the busiest airports in the continent with more than 32.22 million passengers travelling every year. And passenger capacity is expected to hit over 40 million annually once the development works here is completed. Though introduction of rapid exit taxiways and reduction in distance between aircraft is expected to ease the situation, airport capacity will reach the saturation point in the next few years, aviation experts warned.

GVK Mumbai airport receives carbon accreditation certificate

Hyderabad: GVK has received carbon accreditation certificate for Chhatrapathi Shivaji International Airport project in Mumbai.

This is part of the global carbon management certification for airports. This programme assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions with four levels of assessment. This certificate is in recognition of it’s efforts to build sustainable infrastructure that exists in harmony with the environment.