Pune: The poor visibility in the national capital had a cascading effect on flight operations from the city airport on Tuesday, triggering hassles for passengers.
As many as 19 Delhi flights, including arrival and departure, of different airlines — mainly IndiGo — were delayed by half-an-hour to close to five hours between 3am and 6pm. A spokesperson of IndiGo said the main reason for the delays was the fog in Delhi.
“The foggy condition led to poor visibility in Delhi, adversely affecting our network in Pune as well as other centres. There was also air traffic congestion at Delhi airport because of the fog. The situation is now returning to normal,” the spokesperson told TOI.
The visibility near the Delhi airport dropped to 50 metres on Tuesday morning, delaying flight operations. A source said as many as 45 flights were delayed in the morning hours, while five others were diverted. He said the poor visibility in Delhi had resulted in all departures being stalled from around 7am to 9:15am.
Anurag, travelling on a Delhi-Pune IndiGo flight, scheduled to take off from the national capital at 8.20am, was flummoxed because his flight was delayed by almost five hours. “I had a plan of meeting my cousin in Pune for a few hours before he travelled to Nagpur. My flight was supposed to land in Pune around 10.20am. But it took off from Delhi only at 1.15pm and landed in Pune around 3pm. By then, my cousin had left for Nagpur,” Anurag said.
26/12/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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As many as 19 Delhi flights, including arrival and departure, of different airlines — mainly IndiGo — were delayed by half-an-hour to close to five hours between 3am and 6pm. A spokesperson of IndiGo said the main reason for the delays was the fog in Delhi.
“The foggy condition led to poor visibility in Delhi, adversely affecting our network in Pune as well as other centres. There was also air traffic congestion at Delhi airport because of the fog. The situation is now returning to normal,” the spokesperson told TOI.
The visibility near the Delhi airport dropped to 50 metres on Tuesday morning, delaying flight operations. A source said as many as 45 flights were delayed in the morning hours, while five others were diverted. He said the poor visibility in Delhi had resulted in all departures being stalled from around 7am to 9:15am.
Anurag, travelling on a Delhi-Pune IndiGo flight, scheduled to take off from the national capital at 8.20am, was flummoxed because his flight was delayed by almost five hours. “I had a plan of meeting my cousin in Pune for a few hours before he travelled to Nagpur. My flight was supposed to land in Pune around 10.20am. But it took off from Delhi only at 1.15pm and landed in Pune around 3pm. By then, my cousin had left for Nagpur,” Anurag said.
26/12/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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