Thick fog at Hyderabad airport

Hyderabad: As many as 19 flights were delayed for over two hours at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) on Tuesday morning owing to poor visibility caused by fog.
Viswanath Attaluri, Chief Commercial Officer, GMR-Hyderabad International Airport said: “Sources in the Met Department have attributed the thick fog to a ‘rare phenomenon in Hyderabad’, at least at this time of the year, but thanks to the enhanced technical facilities available with Air Traffic Control (ATC), the airport was able to substantially minimise the delays.”
Arrival of 10 flights was delayed for about 45-90 minutes. Six flights scheduled to arrive in Hyderabad were diverted to Visakhapatnam. However, they returned to Hyderabad after the fog cleared. Paramount Air cancelled its flights from Chennai into and out of Hyderabad.
The delayed flights included British Airways, Oman Air, Air Arabia, Spicejet, Air India, Kingfisher. The diverted flights belonged to Indigo, Spicejet, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Paramount and Blue Dart Cargo aircraft. The timings of the diverted and delayed flights were rescheduled.
Even as hundreds of passengers had to stay put in the aircraft either due to delay or diversion to Visakhapatnam, the private jet coming from Delhi of G.M. Rao, chairman of GMR Group and who developed the new airport, arrived at Begumpet airport.
10/12/08 The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Dec 2008