Film's title was changed from Mayday to Runway 34 as Ajay Devgan felt people will fail to understand the title. Mayday is actually a protocol use by airline industry in case of emergency.
Runway 34 is highly inspired from Denzel Washington starred film Flight released in 2012.
In order to create curiosity, the makers had kept Amitabh Bachchan's character details under tight wrap.
The film is inspired by the true event of the Jet Airways, Doha to Kochi flight 9W 555, a Boeing 737-800 which had narrow escape on 18th August 2015.
Salman Khan known to have Eid releases before releasing the film. Ajay Devgn confirmed with Salman Khan if he has any films scheduled for the date or else he will like to release his film.