Rain hits flights from Pune, delay of over three hours

Pune: Incessant rain for the second consecutive day and poor visibility due to a thick cloud cover disrupted most flights at the Pune International Airport on Sunday. With both incoming and outbound flights delayed by up to three hours, the Lohegaon terminal building was overflowing with stranded passengers and relatives.
There are 35 flights that take off from Lohegaon and a similar number that land here. On Saturday too, flights from Pune airport were delayed by over three hours due to bad weather conditions.
The situation was compounded by the lack of an Instrumental Landing System (ILS) at Lohegaon as flights could only land when a ‘window’ of good weather opened up.
Officials have however confirmed that Airports Authority of India (AAI) would install a Rs 50-crore ILS system at the airport by the end of this year. Land has already been identified and procurement work would shortly begin.
02/07/06 Pune Newsline

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