Foggy weather delays flights at Patna, again

Patna: Foggy weather continued to play truant with city fliers on Monday as many flights operating from the city got delayed. Few of them were cancelled as well.
Air India’s both flights on Delhi-Patna-Delhi route got delayed by over three hours.
Taking a precautionary step, private operator IndiGo has temporarily changed the timing of its flight to Mumbai and for now its departure time has been kept 12.50 pm, almost two hours later than its original time.
With Jetlite morning flight on Kolkata-Patna-Kolkata route getting de-layed by about four hours, the private operator decided to cancel its even-ing flight for the second consecutive day on Monday.
Jet Airways has decided to temporarily prepone the timing of its late even-ing flight on Delhi-Patna-Delhi route by about half-an-hour. Effective from Monday, it would now come at 7.40 pm and leave Patna at 8.05 pm.
The airlines had to cancel its flight a day before as visibility dropped sud-denly by the time aircraft reached Patna, not allowing it to land.
15/12/09 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Dec 2009