Foggy conditions at Delhi airport resulted in delays of several fl

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NEW DELHI:- Foggy conditions at Delhi airport resulted in delays of several flights on Sunday. While one Kingfisher flight IT-801 was diverted to Jaipur because of fog, several other flights were delayed due to fog in Srinagar.

Though most flight delays occurred during the morning, arrivals were the worst affected in the evening with delays ranging between one and three hours. Departures, however, more or less stabilised by evening.

According to airport officials, only one runway was in use from 10 p.m. on Saturday to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The exclusive use of the second runway for landing started only after 5 p.m. on Sunday when the runway visual range increased to a comfortable 2,600 metres...Read...

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Thick fog delays over 50 flights in Delhi( five cancelled )

New Delhi (PTI):- A thick cover of fog which engulfed the national capital affected flight operations from the city, causing hardship to air travellers as a number of flights were delayed or cancelled for the third day on Monday.

About 50 flights were delayed by about 30 minutes to three hours as the Runway Visbility Range dropped considerably in the early hours while five services were cancelled due to the fog, airport officials said.

Three flights, two of Indian and one of Air India, were diverted to Jaipur (two services) and Lucknow, causing inconvenience to passengers.

Most of the flights coming to Delhi were delayed while five flights -- two of Simply Deccan, two of Jet Airways and a Jetlite flight -- were cancelled due to bad weather conditions.