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Mumbai airport sets record due to charter flights for Ambani wedding

Traffic at Udaipur surged five times because of Ambani-Piramal wedding

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Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
Charter flights for Ambani-Piramal wedding celebration in Udaipur helped Mumbai airport achieve a record 1004 flights on Saturday.
 
Mumbai airport is busiest airport with single runway operation and the previous best was 1003 daily flights in June. 
 
The airport sees 950-960 aircraft moments daily and on Saturday saw an additional 37 flights to Udaipur as celebrities, film stars and politicians made a dash to the city for pre wedding celebrations. This included charter flights operated by both scheduled airlines and non scheduled operators. AirAsia, Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Vistara operated charter flights to the city.
 
Udaipur itself

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