Mumbai / Flight to Pune cancelled, passengers taken by road from Nashik

Alliance Air (AI) on Saturday cancelled its flight on Nashik-Pune route in view of NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued at the Pune airport, an AI official said.

Following the cancellation, 18 out of the total 28 passengers were taken to Pune through road transport, the official said.

Alliance Air is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India.

The flight was coming from Hyderabad to Pune via Nashik and was supposed to land at the Pune airport at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday.

“On Saturdays, the flight usually arrives in Nashik at 8 a.m. and reaches Pune by 9.30 a.m. Today the flight got delayed at Hyderbad and reached Nashik at 10 a.m., and by the time NOTAM was in place and the runway at the Pune airport was to be closed for maintenance,” the official said.

NOTAM given to pilots includes information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard on the flight route.

Every Saturday, the runway remains closed between 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. for maintenance, and airline operations are not allowed during this time.

“Since runway was closed for maintenance and NOTAM was issued, we had to cancel the flight and out of 28 passengers around 18 passengers were given surface transport and brought to Pune by different cars safely,” the official added.