100 flights disrupted at Delhi Airport

New Delhi: Dense fog in Delhi today led airlines to cancel, divert or delay around 100 domestic and international flights putting thousands of passengers to hardship prompting the government to step in with new steps like relaxing visibily criteria to mitigate the problem.
Around 38 flights including three in the international sector were cancelled while around 42 flights, including 14 international had to be diverted to Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Lucknow as the runway visibility in the IGIA dropped to less than 100 metres for several hours, according to government and airlines officials.
As Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) terminals descended into chaos as passengers remained stranded for hours at the airport amid reports of angry exchanges. Security personnel were forced to intervene to bring calm.
Some 30 flights were delayed while Air India has rescheduled its flight to Chicago, New York and Toronto.
With airline schedules going haywire after dense fog enveloped the capital since last night, civil aviation secretary SNA Zaidi reviewed the situation with stakeholders including officials of airlines, DIAL, directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) and metereology department.
26/12/10 Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010