 As Pune's Air Traffic Control is operated by the IAF, there is often friction between the AAI and the IAF over flight schedules and night landings.There is currently a basic working relationship between the two parties; they have agreed to allow night landings of civilian flights for the time being, though this is not a long-term solution.The airfield was established in 1939 as RAF Poona to provide air security to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai).