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Delhi Airport Flight Cancellations: IGI Airport, IndiGo Issue Fresh Advisories as Dense Fog Blankets National Capital
Departures at Indira Gandhi International Airport were suspended for nearly six hours due to runway visibility dropping below 125 meters, with IndiGo cancelling 145 flights, officials said.
- Monday , Indira Gandhi International Airport suspended departures for nearly six hours until about 10 a.m., causing widespread flight disruption at Delhi's IGI.
- Runway readings indicated runway visual range fell to between 75 metres and 100 metres at 7 a.m., below the 125-metre minimum permissible level for takeoffs, limiting departures.
- On the ground, operations suffered as 49 departures and 77 arrivals were cancelled, IndiGo cancelled 110 flights, and taxiways saw aircraft queuing for three to four hours with some returning to the parking bay for refuelling.
- The Ministry of Civil Aviation, Delhi airport and airlines operating at Delhi urged travellers to check real-time updates, while Lionel Messi's Delhi arrival was delayed amid fog disruptions.
- The disruption came during the season's first intense fog, when hundreds of flights at IGI on Monday were delayed and early mornings across northern India brought visibility challenges.
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