Over 41,000 air passengers affected

New Delhi: As many as 41,435 passengers have been affected in Delhi and Mumbai because of the large-scale disruption in air traffic to the European and North American cities caused by the plumes of volcanic ash drifting from Iceland.
“The Ministry of Civil Aviation has set up a control room — headed by Joint Secretary Prashant Shukul, with officials from the Ministry of External Affair and the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation — to clear the backlog,” Civil Aviation Secretary M. Madhavan Nambiar told reporters here on Monday.
Though Air India and Jet Airways had resumed services to the U.S. through Greece and Egypt, the situation was still grim, he said.
20/04/10 The Hindu

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Categories: Foreign Apr 2010, Indian Aviation- In General Apr 2010