CHANDIGARH:
Flight operations have been suspended at the Chandigarh airport due to poor visibility following
dust storm.
All the 33 flights, including 3 international flights, arriving and departing off from the Chandigarh International Airport were cancelled on Thursday due to low visibility.
Dust in the atmosphere has reduced the visibility required at the airport for take off and landing off flights.
Bad weather conditions prevailed in the morning which led to the very poor visibility at the airport because of which all the fight carriers decided to cancel the flights, official spokesperson of Chandigarh International Airport Limited Deepesh Joshi said.
However, the Air India said that they have managed to transport the desired passengers from Chandigarh to Delhi through luxury buses so that they may get connecting flights to Sharjah, Dubai and Bangkok whereas the other flight operators have refunded the tickets to around 4,000 passengers heading for different destinations like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Leh, Srinagar and other connecting areas.
Dust in the atmosphere has reduced the visibility required at the airport for take off and landing off flights.