The Hindu Business Line : AI to reschedule flights due to fog cover in Delhi

Toronto/Birmingham/Amritsar flights on a scheduled basis arrive into Amritsar at 2.20 a.m. and depart at 3.50 a.m. for Delhi. These flights will omit Delhi on a planned basis and will terminate at Amritsar.

In the event of meal uplift not being possible at Amritsar, the flight will be extended to Mumbai. If there is bad weather at Amritsar, the flight will over-fly to Mumbai.

The Delhi/Frankfurt/Los Angeles/Delhi flight, which operates thrice a week and has a scheduled arrival into Delhi at 4.30 a.m., will over-fly to Mumbai in the event of bad weather. The aircraft will then depart for Delhi when the weather clears and commence its schedule operations subsequently. Rescheduling of this flight is not possible on a planned basis, as both Frankfurt and Los Angeles Slot Authorities have conveyed their inability to give revised slots during this period, but would accommodate the flight on a delayed basis when the need arises. The flight ex-Delhi operates with a 747 Combi aircraft. If the flight gets delayed, the consecutive flight would also operate on a delayed basis, as it is a single aircraft operation.

Air India has a Chicago/Delhi operation once a week. In case of bad weather, this flight will skip Delhi and will overfly to Mumbai. These passengers will be accommodated on the shuttle.

At present, two Delhi/Dubai frequencies are extended to Lucknow. During this period, the Delhi/Lucknow/Delhi leg of this flight will be cancelled.

To ensure that the Delhi/Dubai flights are not affected by bad weather, the arrival/departure timings of these flights have been changed to 9.25 p.m./10.25 p.m. To achieve this, AI had to advance the Singapore departure from 3.10 p.m. to 9.00 a.m.

The entire schedule of Hong Kong/Osaka and Hong Kong/Seoul flights has been advanced by one hour. This will ensure that the flight departs Delhi at 10.15 p.m. instead of 11.15 p.m. before the fog sets in.

There will be a daily shuttle service between Mumbai/Delhi/Mumbai, which will depart from Mumbai 12.00 p.m. and return from Delhi at 6.00 p.m. with 747-400 aircraft. "This will adequately cater to the passengers stranded on any of our flights due to fog. An additional A310 shuttle will be mounted, if the loads warrant on certain days," AI said.

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