Over 150 flights delayed at Delhi's IGI airport due to dense fog, air traffic restrictions
Also Read | Budget 2024 Expectations: Streamlining TCS to GST credit —here's what travel & tourism sector expects this year “While a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) was issued to all the airlines, the closure of airspace leads to congestion in the airspace as airlines seek landing permissions from the air traffic control, as soon as it reopens. On Tuesday, the flights that were already delayed from smaller airports due to fog, had to be further delayed as per the Delhi airspace restrictions," an airport official said.
IndiGo posted a travel advisory on X and alerted passengers of possible flight disruptions due to “weather challenges" in Lucknow, Patna, Varanasi, Jammu and Agartala. “..our flight schedules may experience interruptions.." their post said.
SpiceJet also alerted passengers about possible flight disruptions on Wednesday. “Due to expected poor visibility in Delhi (DEL), Amritsar (ATQ), Jammu (IXJ), Jaipur (JAI), Varanasi (VNS), Gorakhpur (GOP), Patna (PAT), Bagdogra (IXB), Guwahati (GAU), Tezpur (TEZ), and Darbhanga (DBR), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected.
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