Dense fog hit flight schedules from Kolkata

Kolkata: Dense fog hit flights to and from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here this morning forcing at least 27 domestic and 6 international flights to take off and land much behind schedule.
Airport sources said with visibility reduced to a minimum due to dense fog Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Lufthansa, British Airways and other airlines changed their flight schedules by two hours on an average.
Flights belonging to different airlines bound for Delhi (5), Mumbai (5), Bangalore (3), Chennai (2) were affected as the fog persists when reports last came in around 9.30am, the sources said.
Among the international flights only two arrived three to four hours late.
Air India's Kolkata Delhi flight took off two hours behind schedule at 8.40 am as also Jet Airways' Kolkata-Port Blair flight. The Kolkata-Silchar flight took off at 8.10am instead of 6am, while the Kolkata-Mumbai flight took off at 8.45am instead of 6am.
Air India's Kolkata-Port Blair flight was delayed by about three-and-half-hours, the sources said.
15/12/08 PTI/Times of India

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