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Delhi airport turns one runway into parking bay as airlines ground planes

Delhi is the busiest airport in the country with over 1300 flights daily which have now come down to 800-900 flights a day

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FILE PHOTO: Indira Gandhi International Airport

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
One of the three runways at Delhi airport is being used as parking space for planes for last two days as airlines are grounding planes and cancelling flights owing to low demand and travel bans.

Delhi is the busiest airport in the country and its three runways handle over 1,300 flights daily.


However the number of flights has come down to 800-900 due to cancellations and suspension of operations. Typically 120-130 planes are parked overnight at Delhi and these operate through the day.

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