New Delhi: Flight operations at the IGI
Airport, which were badly disrupted due to dense fog for two
days this week, remained normal for the second consecutive day
on Sunday.
"All the flights are operating as per their schedule, as
the airport did not witness a dense fog for the second
successive day," an airport official said.
The general visibility remained over 200 metres while
the runway visibility was over 1,500 metres for most of the
night, he said, adding visibility increased to over 2,000
metres in the morning.
Some of the morning flights out of Delhi were delayed or
rescheduled due to poor weather condition at the destinations.
Yesterday too, most of the flights were operating as per
their schedule but some were delayed due to operational
reasons.
Schedules of over 250 flights were badly affected as
thick fog enveloped the national capital`s airport for over 40
hours from Wednesday evening.
A large number of flights were disrupted despite the
airport having the best facilities in the country, including
two CAT-III B compliant runways which allow an aircraft to
land when the runway visibility is about 50 metres. Taking
this into account, the DGCA asked the airport operator, DIAL,
to handle the situation during foggy conditions.
PTI
