The city’s airport has been the least punctual among the four busiest in the country for six major domestic airlines in seven of the 12 months last year. According to data on flight movements released monthly by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the On Time Performances (OTP) of airlines in the domestic sector were the worst at Mumbai airport in these months. The latest report, for December 2017, showed that the trend continues. Barring February to April, which saw marginally better statistics of flight movements from Mumbai for two airlines, the airport had the least scores for all the other months, compared to other big airports. Mumbai airport does not have parallel runways, which restricts more traffic, thereby lowering the number of flight movements at the city airport.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2018 18:33 UTC