New Delhi: Air India has some more good news from the Dreamliner front. This aircraft had started joining the airline from September, 2012. But it could not land in winter dense fog in either Delhi or the European cities it operates to for the last three winters. This time, however, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has certified AI's Boeing 787 to and in dense fog using instrument landing system (ILS). The aircraft can now land using up to category 3B of ILS, which means till visibility is about 100 metres.
A senior DGCA official said that the regulator has asked the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to implement its promise of converting three airports near Delhi — Jaipur, Lucknow and Amritsar — into Cat III airports so that planes can land there in dense fog. "AAI first said these airports will be ready for Cat III by October 30 and then said the work will happen by November 10. However, both these deadlines have passed and we have asked them to hurry us as fog season is not far off now," said the official.
22/11/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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A senior DGCA official said that the regulator has asked the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to implement its promise of converting three airports near Delhi — Jaipur, Lucknow and Amritsar — into Cat III airports so that planes can land there in dense fog. "AAI first said these airports will be ready for Cat III by October 30 and then said the work will happen by November 10. However, both these deadlines have passed and we have asked them to hurry us as fog season is not far off now," said the official.
22/11/15 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
