Originally Posted by
wolf72
That's a total disaster. Do the military really need that long to upgrade/repair the runway? Does not sound like a very productive system of upgrading to me if they can't finish the runway in less than 6 months working at least 9 hours a day.
To be fair, airliners also have to be sensible about this and work with the airport authorities.
I would say a 12 hour shut down is very fair...5pm-5am.
If people can't/don't want to get on flights before 5pm, tough luck then. Hire a taxi and drive back to delhi by road. It's only 5 hours.
This is more about delhi airport than military. They are using lobbying to kill the chandigarh airport it's been going on for a long time. They know if Chandigarh airport reached its potential it would mean huge losses to delhi airport. Who from Punjab/Himachal/Haryana would fly to Delhi if you could take Emirates/Qatar/Turkish/Etihad straight into Chandigarh? Airlines have no rights here they are at the behest of the authorities.