New Delhi: If you are planning to fly in and out of Delhi between December 20 and February 20 next year, be ready to brace foggy weather. The weather man has predicted that the three-month period is likely when North India could witness fog conditions for about 100-110 hours which could disrupt normal flight operations.
Officials who attended the meeting indicated that flights between 11.30 pm to 10.30 am were likely to be affected by the onset of foggy weather.
This emerged at a meeting chaired by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Mr E.K. Bharat Bhushan with all stakeholders here on Wednesday. To ensure air travellers are not inconvenienced, the aviation regulator, the DGCA has advised all stakeholders to prepare for least inconvenience to the passengers during fog.
Delhi Airport has been advised to update the flight information displays providing weather information updated every 15 minutes. There is also a plan to tie up with prominent news channels to give information about foggy conditions.
The meeting also discussed availability of more airports for flight diversion from Delhi. It has been decided that Bhubaneswar and Udaipur airports be added to the existing list of Jaipur, Lucknow and Amritsar to which flights will be diverted due to inclement weather over Delhi.
09/11/111 Business Line
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