Flights to B'lore diverted to Chennai

Bangalore: Fog at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) continues to disrupt flight schedules. Around 15 departures and 10 arrivals were thrown out of gear between 5am and 8.10am, according to a BIAL spokesperson.
The runway visual range ( RVR) dropped to 100 metres. Four flights -- Air Mauritius, British Airways, Jet Airways from Mumbai and Kingfisher from Dubai -- were diverted to Chennai since they could not land in the city.
Fog at Delhi airport also had a cascading effect on arrivals at BIA. According to flightstats.com, an online portal that tracks flight movement, 10 arrival delays were recorded between 6am and 12 noon. However, the delays in some cases were small, between 10 and 50 minutes.
Sources at the Indira Gandhi Internataional Airport (IGIA) said low visibility procedures (LVP) were enforced from 10.06pm on Monday and terminated at 7.56am on Tuesday. It was implemented again at 9.16am and terminated at 4.55pm. However, no flights were cancelled, diverted or rescheduled till 4.55pm, said an IGIA release.
29/12/10 Shilpa Phadnis/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010