Officials informed snow accumulated on the runway of the Srinagar airport had hampered the flight operations. "No flight operations have taken place at Srinagar airport so far. At least seven flights have been cancelled," an official of the Airports Authority of India said.
Last week Airport Authority of India had announced that it was resuming flight operations from Kashmir. But terrible weather conditions and fresh snowfall in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley affected the operations and on Saturday several flights were cancelled.
Officials informed snow accumulated on the runway of the Srinagar airport had hampered the flight operations. "No flight operations have taken place at Srinagar airport so far. At least seven flights have been cancelled," an official of the Airports Authority of India said.
Some flights have been delayed, he added.
The official said the runway would not be available for the flight operations till at least about 2 pm.
"The snow clearance teams are on the job and as soon as the runway is available, the operations would be resumed provided the weather allows it," he added. He requested the passengers to confirm their flight status with the respective airlines.
Many parts of the valley, including the summer capital, received fresh snowfall Saturday morning.
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