Air India has announced today that passengers travelling to and from Delhi IGI airport during the winter season can reschedule or cancel their bookings at no additional cost if major fog delays are anticipated.
An INSAT (Indian National Satellite System) imagery released by the Met department on Wednesday morning depicted fog hovering over the North India region.
According to the India Meteorological Department forecast, Delhi is expected to experience strong winds during the daytime with the lowest temperature at around nine degrees, and the maximum to be around 22 degrees Celsius
As many as 40 flights, scheduled to depart from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), were delayed because of dense fog, sources informed on Tuesday.
According to a morning update of the India Meteorological Department, visibility in Delhi's Safdarjung area was recorded at 25 metres and at Palam at 50 meters at around 6 am today.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, in an advisory to the passengers, has said that several procedures have been undertaken at the airport to counter the menace of low visibility at the airport.
India Meteorological Department on Saturday predicted a rise in both maximum and minimum temperature of about 2-3 degrees is very likely from December 27-30, 2022