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Pune airport director Ajay Kumar had recently told the TOI, “The re-carpeting of the runway is scheduled next year (2019). With the runway closure, flights are bound to get affected and the airlines will have to prepare an alternative plan for their incoming and outgoing planes. PUNE: The city airport’s runway could be shut down for about a month next year for maintenance and re-carpeting work. An e-mail was sent to the IAF in October regarding the runway closure, but a response is still awaited. “All airports in the world carry out re-carpeting and maintenance of runway, taxiway and apron from time to time..