"We had a meeting with the airline operators on how to tackle the fog problem and we have issued guidelines to the airline operators asking them to make arrangements for passengers," Director General of Civil Aviation K Gohain said at the EU India Aviation summit.
Among the measures, he said low cost carriers have been asked to provide food and other basic necessities if they could not fly out due to fog.
Those airlines, which do not have adequate CAT-II and III qualified pilots, have been asked to delay their departure from fog-prone cities and inform passengers in advance about their schedules, Gohain added.
Overall, he said, the preparedness of airlines to meet challenges posed by fog is better this year compared to last year.
He also said his office was evaluating the preparedness of the different low-cost carriers and the final picture was expected by the end of this month.
