On Thursday morning, at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi flight operations were hit adversely due to dense fog resulting in delay of over 100 departure flights. As per officials, the backlog is expected to be cleared up by late afternoon as visibility improves.
As per the airport officials, "CAT III low visibility procedures had to be implemented around 6 AM as the runway visual range recorded visibility as low as 50 meters. The low visibility affected flights scheduled to depart from the Delhi airport between 6 AM and 7 AM. The delay affected close to 100 fights including those scheduled later in the day", as reported by CNN-News 18.
The Officials from Airport shared the information
“It was only for an hour that visibility remained as low as 50 meters. Runway closure was not required as it didn’t dip any further. No flights were cancelled at the Delhi airport due to fog on Thursday. The delay that was caused because of poor visibility and is expected to normalize by afternoon as the visibility improves," an official said.
Another officer from the airport said, “We have enhanced the seating capacity in waiting areas inside terminals, marshals have been deployed to manage traffic during fog, additional counters have been set up at immigration, real-time flight updates are being made available inside terminals and airlines have been told to deploy sufficient staff to deal with passengers."