The military airfield in Jamnagar usually gets about five flights a day, but had to handle hundreds in early March
A rarely used airport in the western Indian city of Jamnagar erupted with activity in early March as a flock of hundreds of private jets and chartered giants arrived in the small town carrying guests from across India and more than a dozen other countries to attend a pre-wedding celebration for billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s son.
Guests included not only celebrities from Indian businesses, film and sports, but global figures such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and pop star Rihanna. The civilian terminal is normally for domestic flights and lacks facilities for international passengers. But for the event, the airport was allowed to process international flights from Feb. 26 to March 5.
The high number of incoming flights meant many planes had to be put in a holding pattern: an elliptical path near the airfield where they waited in the air for permission to land. Because of the congestion, some planes waited as long as an hour.Maps show three aircraft that were kept in a holding pattern ahead of landing at Jamnagar on March 1.
A senior air traffic controller in India said a system called Central Air Traffic Flow Management is applied in situations where there is a sudden surge of flights. He added that operations to drastically increase the capacity of an airport for a short period were not extraordinary. For example, he said, Ayodhya Airport in Uttar Pradesh state dealt with a large surge in flights for a few days when the Ram temple was inaugurated in January 2024.More than 50 different types of aircraft landed at the airport between Feb. 26 and March 5.
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