Foggy days ahead at Delhi airport

New Delhi: As winter creeps in, air travellers flying in and out of the Capital need to brace themselves up for delays all the way from this coming December to mid-February.
The Meteorological Department has informed the Union Government that there will be over 150 hours during this period when visibility will be less than 50 metres due to fog owing to which no flight operations will be possible at Delhi airport.
That is the bad news. However, there is some good news too. “Some relief from fog is expected in January,” said Joint Secretary (Civil Aviation) K. N. Srivastava at a press conference here on Monday after chairing a meeting on the arrangements for the winter at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The meeting was attended by officials from the Met Department, Delhi International Airport (Private) Limited, different airlines and the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation.
The DGCA has also issued instructions that all airlines need to have a CAT III-compliant cockpit crew.
06/11/07 The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Nov 2007, Safety Nov 2007