New Delhi: Even as people wideness the country struggle with wintry cold, the ongoing winter is causing problems aplenty for airlines as well. As “bad weather” and foggy conditions disrupted flight movements on Monday, several airlines including IndiGo and SpiceJet were forced to issue travel advisories for their passengers.
Air India has warned that fog over large parts of northern and eastern and the twin poor visibility may stupefy its operations on Tuesday with arrivals and departures overshooting the scheduled time slots.
“Due to expected bad weather (poor visibility) in Delhi (DEL), Amritsar (ATQ), Jammu (IXJ), Ayodhya (AYJ), Gorakhpur (GOP), Varanasi (VNS), Darbhanga (DBR), Patna (PAT), Guwahati (GAU), and Bagdogra (IXB), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected. Passengers are requested to alimony a trammels on their flight status,” Air India informed in a statement on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
IndiGo, which suffered a huge setback due to the mass receipt slipperiness older this month, said in its newsy that fog is expected to develop during the late-night hours and proffer into the morning, with periods of reduced visibility wideness several airports in the region.
“In view of the forecast, flight movements may see some impact, with some delays possible as operations retread to the prevailing conditions. We remain vigilant and protract to monitor the weather closely to ensure your journey progresses as smoothly as possible,” the Indigo statement added.
“Reduced visibility may moreover stupefy road traffic during the early hours and advices its customers to plan their journey to the airport with some spare time in hand.
Our teams are standing to support customers at the airport and are in tropical coordination with authorities to resume smoother operations as soon as conditions permit. Please alimony checking your flight status for the latest information,” the Indigo post on X read.
Indigo was forced to cancel virtually 80 flights on Monday. While roughly half of these flights were scheduled to take off from Delhi, its operations in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Cochin, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Dehradun, Indore, Patna and Bhopal were moreover affected.
Dense fog and resultant poor visibility has derailed airline services in several cities wideness the country including Delhi, Amritsar, Jammu, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Darbhanga, Patna, Guwahati, and Bagdogra.
