After four days of disruption due to fog, flight operations were normal at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on Monday morning. "Though there was shallow fog in the morning, it did not pose any problem in smooth operations as the runway visibility remained over 1,500 metres for the main runway while it was over 1,200 metres for the new runway," an airport official said.
Pollution levels in Delhi and satellite towns shot up again on Sunday morning, with the air quality bordering the 'severe plus' category at several places.
The airline has also decided that no penalties will be levied on tickets refunded/re-validated/re-issued/re-booked on a subsequent flight, due to flight disruptions, cancellation or combination or over-flying/delay of over an hour.
The minimum temperature in the capital rose by over a degree Celsius to seven, which is normal, Indian Meteorological Department officials said.
Indian airline Go First is considering legal action against Pratt and Whitney (PW) for failing to provide compensation after March 2020 for planes grounded due to engine supply delays, sources said on Thursday. About 90 per cent of the airline's fleet of aircraft uses PW engines. About 24 of the airline's 55 planes are grounded due to delays in engine supply by PW.
Over two dozen flights coming to and leaving Delhi were delayed as Runway Visibility Range at the Indira Gandhi International Airport dipped below 100 meters between 5:30 am and 9 am, making it impossible for carrying out any flight activities.
The base will be used by carriers such as Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, to operate 70-seater ATR aircraft to places such as Bengaluru.
Eight-month-old pregnant Kuljeet Kaur from Amritsar boarded Air India's Delhi-Toronto flight along with her husband from IGI airport at midnight.
Kingfisher Airlines' schedule was disrupted on Saturday with cancellation of over 30 flights as its pilots struck work to protest non-payment of wages for almost five months.
Most reported unruly passenger incidents were classified as level 1, or intentional non-compliance with safety regulations like not wearing face masks, not wearing seat belts.
Salla was accused of creating a hijack scare by planting a threat note written in English and Urdu in the tissue paper box of the aircraft's toilet.
Heavy winds swept the valley throughout the day and did not allow the operation of flights.
Flight services were severely hit for the first time this winter as airliners had to either reschedule or cancel a number of services to domestic destinations like Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Jammu.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti was unable to be heard as a witness at Serie A's match-fixing trial on Tuesday but that did not stop a significant development in a saga worrying Inter Milan fans.
Flight operations in New Delhi were disrupted for second consecutive day on Tuesday due to heavy fog with about 18 flights, including six international, being delayed and nine being cancelled. The general visibility at the Indira Gandhi International airport fell below 50 metres and runway visibility range (RVR) dipped to less than 100 metres, bringing a halt to flight operations, sources said.
The incident was reported on January 30, and it came to light after the United States-based traveller, identified as Meenakshi Sengupta, lodged a complaint against the flight attendant.
Aviation is a juicy target. It's a 24x7 industry, which cannot afford delays or loss of customer credibility.
Thick fog once again affected air operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday with schedules of over 70 domestic and international flights being disrupted."Nearly 32 flights have been rescheduled and six have been cancelled while several others were delayed due to dense fog at the airport," an airport official said. The fog started to descend at the airport at approximately 1.30 am, reducing the general visibility to zero.
Since Thursday, April 15, flights into and out of Europe have taken a severe beating due to volcanic eruption in southern Iceland, with ashes being spewed into Europe's busy airspace.
The good news is that the government has taken notice of the pain and has formed a task force to improve operating procedure during foggy days.
Over 100 flights were affected on Sunday due to this winter's first dense fog, which engulfed the Indira Gandhi International Airport airport in New Delhi disrupting air operation and causing inconvenience to passengers.
A thick blanket of fog descended on New Delhi on Monday morning disrupting normal life and affecting over 30 flights and 61 trains.
Over 12,000 police personnel drawn out from different wings of Andhra Pradesh police have been pressed into service
Engine snag forces IndiGo to ground 7 new aircraft
Domestic airlines and the railways have not effected any change in their schedules due to the blasts. "All flights to and from Mumbai will operate as per schedule," said a spokesperson for Indian Airlines.
The heaviest rainfall began to ease across hard-hit portions of Manhattan and Brooklyn late Friday morning, but another round is expected in the afternoon and could reinvigorate dangerous flooding.
Bhubaneswar airport too bracing itself for emergency and contingency plans have been drawn up.
Oriental Insurance Company has bagged the domestic aviation industry's first-ever contract to cover losses owing to fog for national flag carrier Air-India.
The residents of Delhi on Friday woke up to dense fog with minimum temperature settling at 12 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal.
Over 80 domestic flights of all major airlines to and from Mumbai were cancelled on Monday.
Dense fog on Saturday enveloped Delhi, disrupting the schedule of 30 flights and 55 trains even as the minimum temperature settled at 8.4 degrees Celsius.
Khalistani separatist Lakhbir Singh alias 'Rode', a designated terrorist under the Indian law, has died recently in Pakistan, where he had taken refuge after his uncle Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was killed in 1984 during an army action, officials said on Tuesday.
'They (the Modi government) are trying to silence people who speak against this government, who speak with force and speak with conviction and want to speak the truth.'
Anticipating disruption of air service at Delhi airports due to foggy weather, Air-India has re-routed its Delhi-London/New York flights to Mumbai and delayed the departure of its flights to Frankfurt.
The extreme circumstances in western New York were caused by numbing cold, howling winds, and heavy 'lake-effect' snow, which was picked up by freezing air flowing over warmer lake waters.
Jet Airways has also been asked to provide details of the pilots who are "habitual" of reporting sick and disrupting the airline's schedule, an official said.
An India-bound Malaysia Airlines flight was on Sunday forced to turn back due to an auto-pilot defect, landing safely here, said the loss-making carrier already hit by the twin tragedies this year.
A blanket of thick fog enveloped the busy Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Sunday with visibility dropping to near zero and leading to delays, diversions and cancellation of 80 domestic and international flights.
According to a survey by travel portal ixigo, economy airfares from Mumbai have shot up by almost 25- 30 per cent till the end of March.
The incident happened when the plane was taxiing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
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