Ahmedabad airport will remain closed for nine hours every day from today till May 31. See details

New Delhi: Here is an important announcement made by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, which is flying to Ahmedabad this week. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, one of the busiest non-metro airports in the country, will remain partially closed from Monday.

The airport will be closed for nine hours every day from Monday (January 17) to May 31, 2022. It should be noted that the airport will not operate from 9 am to 6 pm on all weekdays due to the planned ‘reconstruction work’. On runway.

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“Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport will undertake the scheduled runway re-carpeting work from 17 January 2022 to 31 May 2022. This work will be done from 9 am to 6 pm. We are sorry for the inconvenience,” the airport informed passengers through a tweet from its official Twitter handle.

Airport officials said that from Monday, about 52 flights to and from the airport will be rescheduled. times of India, Work on the runway will begin on January 17 and will end on May 31.

The repair work will be done from 9 am to 6 pm except on public holidays and Sundays. The airport handles an average of 200 domestic and international flights per day from the arrival and departure terminals.

“Some 26 arrivals and 26 departing flights, mainly domestic flights, have been rescheduled,” the report quoted an airport spokesperson as saying.

According to a Mint report, the Adani Group last year reached out to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to delay the partial closure of operations at the Ahmedabad airport, which was initially scheduled to take place between November 2021 and May 2022.

The Adani group cited a revival in passenger traffic during the then festive season.

Meanwhile, Gujarat on Sunday reported 10,150 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the state’s tally to 9,26,240, said the health department.

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