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NEW TAXIWAY, N9 OPENED AT CSIA *Marks yet another milestone in reducing runway occupancy time* As part of its ongoing efforts to upgrade the runway system at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd (MIAL) inaugurated a new taxiway N9, on Saturday, November 1^st, 2008. Marking yet another milestone achieved by MIAL in reducing the runway occupancy time by landing aircraft at CSIA, N9 which is located on the North-West side of primary runway 09-27 will immensely improve runway efficiency.

The location of this taxiway has been aptly designed (located at 2614 mtrs from the threshold of runway 09-27) to facilitate all wide-body aircraft to vacate the runway after landing with ease. Moreover N9 would be the first compliant taxiway for Code-F aircraft (such as A-380 and others alike) at CSIA that requires the width of the taxiway to be 25 mtrs and shoulders 17.5 mtrs on each side. Its length is 180 mtrs.

The first flight to utilize this taxiway was a British Airways 119 flight from London, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft with Rgn No.GV-IIF at 11.40 hours on Saturday, November 1^st. With the two rapid exit taxiways, the extended parallel taxiway A4 and taxiway N9 in place, runway occupancy time for aircraft landing and taking off, is likely to be reduced considerably

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