Delhi IGI Airport Issues Travel Advisory Amid Dense Fog, Poor Visibility; More Than 50 Flights Delayed

Delhi has been experiencing extreme cold and dense fog which has hit flight operations. Delhi's IGI Airport has issued a travel advisory for passengers as more than 50 flights have been delayed.

New Delhi: The whole of North India has been experiencing bone-chilling winters for the past one month and the cold wave conditions do not seem to bow down, any time soon. Every day, the maximum and minimum temperatures are plunging further and they are accompanied with dense fog, causing poor or no visibility. This in turn, has hit rail and flight operations. With dense fog in the early morning, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has issued a travel advisory for all the passengers. According to the airport officials, more than 50 flights have been delayed.

IGI Airport, Delhi Issues Travel Advisory

As mentioned earlier, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi has issued a travel advisory for all passengers. The alert reads, “While landing and takeoffs continue at Delhi Airport, flights that are not CAT III compliant may get affected. Passengers are requested to contact the airline concerned for updated flight information. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.”

More Than 50 Flights Delayed

According to Flightradar24, a flight tracking website, a total of 51 flights have been delayed and 11 other flights have been cancelled at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Speaking to ANI, a passenger at the Delhi airport said, “I flew in from Goa. My flight was delayed by three hours due to fog. I didn’t expect my arrival to the city to be delayed this long.” Five flights at the Delhi airport were diverted between 9 pm on Tuesday to 7 am on Wednesday, sources said, adding that three flights were diverted to Jaipur and two more to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

IndiGo Airlines Issues Travel Alert

Apart from the IGI Airport, IndiGo Airlines has separately issued a travel alert for its passengers on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter). The airlines has issued an advisory to the passengers saying that due to the dense fog and other prevailing weather conditions in Delhi and Chandigarh, the departures and arrivals may be adversely impacted.

Rail Operations Hit Due To Delhi Weather

Meanwhile, passengers at the Anand Vihar railway station, too, said all Delhi-bound trains arrived eight hours late. According to the chief public relations officer (CPRO), Northern Railways, a total of 23 trains to Delhi from various parts of the country are running late due to the dense fog. New Delhi-Moga Express, Bhagalpur-Anand Vihar Express, Ranikamlapathi-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express, Banaras-New Delhi were running late by over two hours while the Puri-New Delhi Express, Hyderabad-New Delhi Express, and Howrah-Kalka Express were delayed by six and a half hours, according to the official.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also predicted rainfall in Delhi in the coming few days; snowfall and hailstorms in other parts of North India has also been predicted.

(Inputs from ANI)