Click to play videoMumbai: Plans by Airports Authority of India to decongest the busy Mumbai airport by moving all helicopter operations to the nearby Juhu airport have hit a roadblock.
With helicopter operations as well as fixed wing operations moving here, serious questions are being raised about this airport's ability to cope with increased traffic and security considerations.
The Rotary Wing Society of India says serious objections they had raised to Juhu airport authorities about infrastructure and security issues have gone unheeded.
Among their concerns are lack of night landing facilities, lack of co-ordination between Mumbai and Juhu air traffic control, lack of adequate parking space and hangars, lack of adequate security, especially around the periphery encroached by slums and trees blocking the runway approach path.
Around 16-17 helicopter operations have already moved to Juhu airport, bringing the total number of operations here to around 100 a day.
Fixed wing small aircraft that were to move by January 10 have missed the deadline mainly due to lack of adequate infrastructure.
But Airports Authority of India says all issues are being addressed and that they have already stationed.
Meanwhile, another effort to reduce traffic congestion at Mumbai airport, the Surface Movement Radar, vital to tracking ground movement at the airport, is still stuck in red tape.
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