Printed on: Dec 21, 2025 08:46 pm IST
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport confronted important disruptions with over 110 flight cancellations and 370 delays resulting from dense fog.
Only a day after a number of flight cancellations hit Delhi’s Indira Gandhi worldwide airport, over 100 flights have been cancelled on Sunday because the nationwide capital as soon as once more gripped with dense fog and poor visibility.
Delhi on Sunday woke as much as a thick blanket of fog that enveloped town, resulting in round 110 flight cancellations and over 370 delayed flight companies, reported news company PTI.
Round 59 arrivals and 51 departure flights noticed cancellations, the report learn citing an airport official.
Whereas Delhi airport operator DIAL on Sunday night on X acknowledged that operations have been working easily, no less than 9 flights have been cancelled after 6 pm, based on knowledge from Ixigo as of 8 pm on Sunday.
DIAL operates the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (IGIA), the nation’s largest airport that usually handles round 1,300 flights every day, the report added.
Earlier on Saturday, the operator had introduced that low visibility procedures are at present in progress on the airport and that every one flights operations are functioning usually. It had urged passengers to contact their respective airways earlier than leaving for the airport.
Delhi airport ops hit after metropolis blanketed with fog
Indira Gandhi worldwide airport on Saturday noticed over 129 flight cancellations after town woke as much as dense fog. One of many busiest airports within the nation skilled a robust hit because it noticed no less than 66 arrivals and 63 departures cancellations yesterday.
In the present day, Delhi breathed air that got here beneath the ‘very poor’ class with the air high quality index (AQI) spiking as excessive as 377, with the predominant pollutant being PM2.5.
Airports authority of India (AAI) had additionally issued a climate advisory cautioning over lowered visibility with main airways together with IndiGo, Air India, Akasa Air, and Spice Jet issuing journey advisories on their respective X (previously twitter) handles.
All these airways suggested passengers to verify their journey itineraries earlier than stepping out.
