Two flights cancelled due to fog at Patna

Patna: Thick layer of fog over the city sky on Sunday disrupted air traffic at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport here.
While Go Air cancelled its morning Delhi-Patna-Delhi flight (G8-341), Air India's Delhi-Patna-Delhi ( IC-409) flight arrived only after visibility improved much later in the day around 1:30 pm.
Jet Air's Kolkata-Patna-Kolkata flight (9W-2853) was also cancelled due to poor visibility in evening. The flight is scheduled at JPNI airport at around 7 pm.
"The visibility at runway in the morning was well below 600 metres when quite a few flights were scheduled to arrive. By 1 pm, the visibility improved to 1600 metres, allowing operation of flights," a source at the airport told TOI. Flights on Bangalore-Patna-Bangalore, Mumbai-Patna-Mumbai, Kolkata-Patna-Kolkata, Delhi-Patna-Delhi and other routes also ran much behind schedule.
10/01/11 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2011