Letters: Bursting at the seams

As the report, “Domestic air traffic up by 16 per cent in September: DGCA” (October 26) states, this is a positive sign for the economy. At the same time, the booming aviation sector is facing acute infrastructure shortage.

More passengers mean there should be more flights. But it is difficult for any airline to get even a single additional slot during peak hours. Airlines are being asked to use the red-eye zone, that is, scheduling flights before 5 am, but this would only discomfit passengers. 

Domestic airports are bursting at the seams. Twenty-five of the 126 airports run by the Airports Authority