Bengaluru: The season’s first fog at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) affected several early morning schedules, delaying over 100 flights leaving thousands of passengers stranded, on Saturday.
The fog played spoilsport with the travel plans and triggered a cascading effect on several other flights.
KIA officials said the airport runway operations were halted between 4:30 am and 8 am. Due to low visibility, none of the flights could take off or land. These included several international flights bound for Frankfurt, London and West Asia.
Passengers of Lufthansa, Emirates, British Airways and Qatar Airways were among the worst affected.
In all, 36 arrivals and 70 departures were affected. Normal operations resumed only after 8 am. However, this had a cascading effect on many other day-time flight schedules.
Stranded passengers were provided breakfast and other basic facilities by the airport officials in coordination with the respective airlines.
29/11/15 Deccan Herald
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The fog played spoilsport with the travel plans and triggered a cascading effect on several other flights.
KIA officials said the airport runway operations were halted between 4:30 am and 8 am. Due to low visibility, none of the flights could take off or land. These included several international flights bound for Frankfurt, London and West Asia.
Passengers of Lufthansa, Emirates, British Airways and Qatar Airways were among the worst affected.
In all, 36 arrivals and 70 departures were affected. Normal operations resumed only after 8 am. However, this had a cascading effect on many other day-time flight schedules.
Stranded passengers were provided breakfast and other basic facilities by the airport officials in coordination with the respective airlines.
29/11/15 Deccan Herald
