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Fog in Delhi disturbs flight movement in Jaipur

The early morning Delhi fog disturbed the movement, therefore, the flight operation was not possible there and 4 flights which were on the way to Delhi from various airports got diverted to Jaipur airport.

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The morning fog disturbed the movements of flights in Delhi and its effect was seen at Jaipur Airport also on Friday. 4 flights which run from Jaipur were cancelled while about a dozen flights got delayed. 

The early morning Delhi fog disturbed the movement, therefore, the flight operation was not possible there and 4 flights which were on the way to Delhi from various airports got diverted to Jaipur airport. 

Sources informed that these included 3 flights of international airport while one was domestic flight. The international flights were coming from Bangkok Dubai and Oman and were of different airlines. These flights remained at Jaipur airport for about two to four hours. They had arrived at about 9 am and left at by one noon.

Apart from fog condition and the closure of Delhi airport for 2 hours during the day between 10:15 am till 12:15 pm for republic day preparations, few flights between Delhi and Jaipur were also affected.  Indigo’s Delhi-Jaipur flight 6E 212/203, which arrives Jaipur at 10:15 am was cancelled due to weather condition. 

The same flight which becomes 6E203 and goes to Delhi at 10:50 am was also therefore cancelled. 

Jaipur bound Jet Airways Chandigarh flight was also late by several hours. As Flight 9W 863’s scheduled departure 11:10 am and as per the website 15:23 hours was the actual departure while its scheduled departure in Jaipur was 12:45 hours and its estimated arrival was 16:54 hours in Jaipur.

Delhi-Jaipur Air India flight which arrives at 12:55 hours was also cancelled. The same flight takes off for Jaipur at 1:30 pm, informed the sources. 

As such, the passengers both in Jaipur and Delhi who had their connecting flights from Delhi were troubled because of this disturbance in the schedule of flights. A few days ago also, poor visibility at Delhi airport had led to about 8 flights being diverted to Jaipur Airport. 

Fog during the winters delays the flight operations and many times the flights arriving at Delhi airport are diverted either to Jaipur airport or at Ahmedabad airport.

Affected flights

Sources informed that these included 3 flights of international airport while one was domestic flight. The international flights were coming from Bangkok Dubai and Oman and were of different airlines. These flights remained at Jaipur airport for about two to four hours. They had arrived at about 9 am and left at by one noon.  Indigo’s Delhi-Jaipur flight 6E 212/203, which arrives Jaipur at 10:15 am was also cancelled.

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