Five Delhi-bound flights have been diverted to Jaipur and Dehradun due to low visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in the national capital on Monday, said sources.
While several flights were delayed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport as a layer of fog gripped the national capital. Arond 28 long distance trains to Delhi were also running behind schedule by up to five hours or more.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibility at Delhi-Palam was reduced from 400 meters at 2:00 am to 100 meters at 2:30 am on Sunday, and it further reduced to 0 meters since 3:00 am.
Flight movement to and from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport remained affected on Wednesday with around 120 flights including international ones getting delayed by several hours. Around 53 flights were also announced cancelled due to fog and operational issues.
Cold weather conditions along with moderate fog prevailed in many regions of the Delhi-NCR on Saturday. The minimum temperature recorded in the national capital was 10.7 degrees Celsius.
The flight program starts from one weekly frequency with the departure from Minsk on Fridays (from Delhi – on Saturdays). From September 20, the schedule will include a second flight per week with the departure from Minsk on Wednesdays (from Delhi – on Thursdays), according to a release by t
Due to weather conditions in the national capital, a total of 10 flights were diverted to other airports on Monday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.