The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Monday instructing all scheduled airlines to comply with it regarding flight delays and cancellations.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at US airports following a flurry of flight delays and cancellations in the Midwest and South after a winter storm hit the country, CNN reported on Friday.
The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has asked airlines and operators to do justice to passengers amid cancellations and delays in flights due to fog and other operational-related issues.
The Delhi airport reported delays in flight operations affecting approximately 134 flights, both arrivals and departures (domestic and international), due to fog. As many as 22 trains were delayed at the New Delhi Railway Station as well, amid low visibility.
A layer of dense fog was witnessed over the Delhi-NCR region on Tuesday morning, as the temperature dropped to almost 7 degrees in the national capital, according to the India Meteorological Department.
Passengers travelling on a Spicejet flight from Delhi to Patna created a nuisance with the airline staff at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday after the flight got delayed for 7 hours.
In a statement, the National Air Traffic Service said, "We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety."
All kinds of transportation - planes, trains, and vehicles - were disrupted due to the storm this holiday weekend, closing hundreds of miles of road and air travel cancellations.
Nine people were killed in a massive winter storm that struck the US on Friday, knocking out power to over a million due to heavy snow and strong winds, according to CNN.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): After several Indigo flights were delayed across the country, Indian aviation's watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) took a strong cognizance of the airlines' operations.
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Thunderstorms and rains along with gusty winds affected the flight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Monday.