Indian carriers on Friday restored normalcy by operating all flights following the re-opening of Mumbai airport and cleared the backlog created due to the torrential rains.

Indian carriers including Air-India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways [Get Quote] and Sahara Airlines have begun normal operations, airport sources said.

However, the airport authorities continued to use secondary runway (14-32) as the main runway is not operational due to unavailability of navigational landing and communication aids, they said.

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"The main runway, that was earlier inundated, is filled with stones, boulders, carcasses of buffalos and drums containing kerosene and petroleum products. Four parking bays are also filled with boulders," the sources said.

A-I operated 15 flights on Friday morning to destinations in Europe, United States, Gulf, south-east Asia and Africa, an A-I spokesperson said in Mumbai.

He said the airline had mounted these services as per normal schedule so that passengers affected by non-operation of flights from Mumbai airport for two days could fly to their respective destinations at the earliest and without any further inconvenience.

"However, it was observed that instead of there being a clamour for seats, there were not adequate passengers for these flights resulting in seats remaining unoccupied," he said.

Terrible Tuesday: Mumbai copes with a calamity

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