Pune airport fully functional from today with riders | Pune News – Times of India

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The city’s airport will start operating to its optimal level from Wednesday, but certain restrictions on civil flight operations will remain in force to enable Indian Air Force (IAF) exercises.

PUNE: The city’s airport will start operating to its optimal level from Wednesday, but certain restrictions on civil flight operations will remain in force to enable Indian Air Force (IAF) exercises.
The airport is part of the Lohegaon airbase with the IAF controlling the runway and the air traffic control, while the Airports Authority of India (AAI) controlling the civil enclave. The frontline Sukhoi combat aircraft squadrons are based in Lohegaon. AAI Pune director Santosh Dhoke told TOI on Tuesday, “The airport shall remain closed for all civil flight operations between 9am and 11.30am from Sunday to Friday to enable IAF flying exercises. It will be closed from 11am to 5pm on Saturdays for runway maintenance. In the past, the runway was reserved for IAF sorties from 6am to 8am.”
“The civil flight schedule is being finalized but from 8am till 12 midnight there will be around 50 departures and 50 arrivals. The rest of the schedule will be fixed by late Tuesday night. The IAF has told us they will use the runway for operations between 9am and 11.30am on weekdays and on Sundays. During this time, no civil flights will be operational,” Dhoke said.

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