New Delhi: To ensure smooth operations during the fog season, Air India will utilise around 700 pilots trained to operate in low visibility conditions.
The national carrier, which has the largest pool of nearly 700 pilots trained to operate flights under Category III low visibility conditions, has prepared rosters of the such pilots with a view to ensure that adequate number of them were available for flight operations to and from all the metros.
"Since the first phase of operations is very crucial to maintain on-time performance of entire network, the aircraft designated for the early morning departures would be parked overnight on Category III enabled parking bays at the IGI airport," an airline spokesperson said.
Recently, the DGCA held a meeting of all the stake holders and issued directives to ensure less disruption of flights during the fog conditions.
We have taken pro-active steps to minimise flight disruptions and ensure quick dissemination of information related to flight operations, across the network, he added.
09/11/12 PTI/Business Standard
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The national carrier, which has the largest pool of nearly 700 pilots trained to operate flights under Category III low visibility conditions, has prepared rosters of the such pilots with a view to ensure that adequate number of them were available for flight operations to and from all the metros.
"Since the first phase of operations is very crucial to maintain on-time performance of entire network, the aircraft designated for the early morning departures would be parked overnight on Category III enabled parking bays at the IGI airport," an airline spokesperson said.
Recently, the DGCA held a meeting of all the stake holders and issued directives to ensure less disruption of flights during the fog conditions.
We have taken pro-active steps to minimise flight disruptions and ensure quick dissemination of information related to flight operations, across the network, he added.
09/11/12 PTI/Business Standard
