New Delhi: Flight diversions at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has come down by over one-thirds this winter so far as against the same period a year ago despite longer low visibility periods owing to a better management of flight operations.
The flight cancellations too declined by 53 per cent to 39 in the period between December 1, 2014 and January 5 this year, an official release said. Data shows that only 45 flights were diverted to other airports this winter as against 71 in the corresponding period last winter, it said.
The flight operations at the IGIA was shut for 30 hours altogether due to zero visibility this winter season so far as compared to 15 hours during the corresponding period last winter, the release said.
The overall flight operations at IGI Airport also increased by nearly 67 per cent to 4,683 flights from 2,808 aircraft movements, registered during the low-visibility period last winter, it said.
This has been possible with better management of flight operations wherein airlines have been asked to deploy CAT-III compliant planes and crew trained to fly under low visibility conditions while operating in and out of IGI airport, the release said.
The airlines have also been directed to reschedule flights with non-CAT-III compliant aircraft in case the visibility conditions are not favourable, it added.
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