Anant Ambani Pre Wedding Festivities: Here’s why flight carrying Rihanna was ‘challenging’ to handle for Jamnagar airport authorities

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant‘s pre-wedding festivities held in Jamnagar ruled the headlines for more than three days. The pictures and videos from inside the event left everyone in awe.

Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ram Charan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan and many more were a part of the functions that were spread across three days.

The first day event was all the more special as a performance by international singer Rihanna was organised. The Jamnagar airport director recently spoke about the increased air traffic and why handling Rihanna’s flight was a challenge.

Here’s how Jamnagar airport authorities handled Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant event

As per a report in The Indian Express, the Jamnagar airport handled five times more flights than usual over the past few days. They received a special permission from Airports Authority of India (AAI) to handle international flights.

Dhananjay Kumar, the director Jamnagar airport, revealed that they handle almost 40 international flights from February 26 to March 1, including the flights that carried international personalities and cargos.

While 20 were incoming, 20 were outward bound. He shared that the flight with Rihanna was especially challenging because it has to be brought closer to the terminal.

He also revealed that they deployed staff from Ahmedabad and Rajkot airports inorder to avoid manpower shortage during this VVIP event.