PTIWith the cold wave conditions persisting and a number of states all over North India, including New Delhi have been witnessing a dense fog. This has led to several flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport where over 12 arrival flights from different destinations were grounded leading to delays.
The delays also affected around 34 domestic departure flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) due to bad weather conditions and other related issues on Saturday, as per airport authorities.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi has issued an advisory and launched procedures in view of low visibility conditions caused due to fog.
On Friday, over eight flights got delayed due to weather reasons.
An Air India, Melbourne-bound, flight delayed by around 2:25 hours and rescheduled to depart at 16:45 hours, New Delhi Airport's live flight information said.
"Dubai bound flight was rescheduled to 10:50 hours from 9:00 hours, Jeddah bound flight from 10:25 hours to 13:10 hours, SpiceJet flight, Dubai-bound, also rescheduled to 8:29 hours from 7:30 hours, Air India Flight, flying down to Kathmandu was delayed by 1:02 hours, Warsaw bound flight by 1:45 hours, Istanbul bound flight rescheduled to 7:38 hours from 6:55 hours, Dhaka bound flight from 6:30 hours to 7:31 hours, Phuket bound flight from 6:25 hours to 6:56 hours, and Bahrain bound flight from 5:40 hours to 6:53 hours," it added.
Airport authorities in an advisory to the passengers on Saturday said that several procedures have been undertaken at the airport to counter the menace of low visibility at the airport.
They said that all flight operations are presently normal and the passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information, the authorities added.
(With inputs from ANI)
The delays also affected around 34 domestic departure flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) due to bad weather conditions and other related issues on Saturday, as per airport authorities.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi has issued an advisory and launched procedures in view of low visibility conditions caused due to fog.
On Friday, over eight flights got delayed due to weather reasons.
An Air India, Melbourne-bound, flight delayed by around 2:25 hours and rescheduled to depart at 16:45 hours, New Delhi Airport's live flight information said.
"Dubai bound flight was rescheduled to 10:50 hours from 9:00 hours, Jeddah bound flight from 10:25 hours to 13:10 hours, SpiceJet flight, Dubai-bound, also rescheduled to 8:29 hours from 7:30 hours, Air India Flight, flying down to Kathmandu was delayed by 1:02 hours, Warsaw bound flight by 1:45 hours, Istanbul bound flight rescheduled to 7:38 hours from 6:55 hours, Dhaka bound flight from 6:30 hours to 7:31 hours, Phuket bound flight from 6:25 hours to 6:56 hours, and Bahrain bound flight from 5:40 hours to 6:53 hours," it added.
Airport authorities in an advisory to the passengers on Saturday said that several procedures have been undertaken at the airport to counter the menace of low visibility at the airport.
They said that all flight operations are presently normal and the passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information, the authorities added.
(With inputs from ANI)
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