Jaipur: ix Delhi-bound flights, including two international ones, were diverted to Jaipur due to poor visibility at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Saturday.
The first flight came at 1.30 pm and left for Delhi at 2.30 pm. The flights were two Indigo Airlines (from Srinagar and Bangalore), two Jet airlines (from Dhaka and Singapore) and one SpiceJet (Bangalore) and one Air India (Bangalore).
Jaipur airport director Paul Manikam said: "Reports said that due to bad weather-thunderstorms and high wind speed--visibility was down at Delhi airport leaving operations suspended for 40 minutes. During the period, our ATC was on high alert and was ready to receive more flights."
03/08/14 Times of India
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The first flight came at 1.30 pm and left for Delhi at 2.30 pm. The flights were two Indigo Airlines (from Srinagar and Bangalore), two Jet airlines (from Dhaka and Singapore) and one SpiceJet (Bangalore) and one Air India (Bangalore).
Jaipur airport director Paul Manikam said: "Reports said that due to bad weather-thunderstorms and high wind speed--visibility was down at Delhi airport leaving operations suspended for 40 minutes. During the period, our ATC was on high alert and was ready to receive more flights."
03/08/14 Times of India
