Air India to use CAT III B to overcome fog-induced delays

Mumbai: Air India is unlikely to face major delays due to fog this winter in its operations from Delhi as its pilots are fully-trained to land under the CAT III B instrument landing system, the airline's chairman V Thulasidas said.
The system enables pilots to land with just a 50-metres visibility instead of the earlier CAT III A, which required at least 75-metres visibility.
Delhi does sometimes have a zero visibility in foggy conditions in winter.
Thulasidas said Air India does operate a few Boeing 777 aircraft and their pilots are, however, not yet trained to use the CAT III B system.
He also said Air India operates a few international flights from Amritsar, Kolkata and Dhaka, which do not have the CAT III B system.
18/11/07 PTI/Times of India

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