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Jamnagar Airport

Maintenance

Strategies

leads to

Operational

Excellence

Managing higher passenger traffic, aircraft traffic, efficient aircraft
turnaround times, handling protocol, and maintaining cleanliness and

hygiene standards are a few challenges faced during special events.
Coordination with various stakeholders, including airlines and security
agencies helps overcome these challenges and ensure smooth operations

are maintained. Jamnagar’s Airport Director Dhananjay Kumar Singh
enumerates how the airport embarked on a maintenance strategy to
achieve operational excellence and sustainability goals.

amnagar Airport serves handling high-profile national and
as a domestic airport international guests, was a well-
and an Indian Air Force coordinated effort by the airport
base in vibrant Gujarat. team. Meetings with staff and
JIt is the only airport in shareholders, together with
Gujarat with two runways that support offered by other
permit commercial as well as agencies made the
private flights. In light of high- mission successful.
profile events hosted in the city The entire
of Jamnagar, the airport has risen experience
to the occasion, deftly handling was a great
numerous challenges associated learning
with infrastructure, operations, curve
maintenance, and logistics. for all
Dhananjay Kumar Singh says, “The staff
airport reached a historical moment
as it received an ‘international
airport status’ for 10 days. Tackling
infrastructure and logistical
challenges, including the arrival
and departure of aircrafts, and

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