Delhi weather: Bad news for travelers as 110 flights cancelled, over 370 delayed at Delhi airport due to…

Delhi flight cancellations: Bad weather continued to affect airline operations in Delhi as a total of total of 110 flights were cancelled and over 370 were delayed at the Delhi Airport on Sunday due to low-visibility caused by a thick blanket of dense fog across the national capital.

110 flights cancelled at Delhi Airport

According to officials, low-visibility conditions forced 59 arrivals and 51 departures to be cancelled at the Delhi Airport on Sunday, even as airport operator DIAL in a social media post in the evening, said flight operations are running smoothly at the facility. DIAL operates the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the country’s largest airport that generally handles around 1,300 flights daily.

Additionally, more than 370 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport, with the average delay time being around 26 minutes for departures, according to latest flight data available on flight tracking website Flightradar24.com.

Notably, flight operations have been disrupted for the past many days in Delhi and other airports due to dense fog.

On Friday, at least 177 flights were cancelled at the Delhi airport, and over 500 flights faced delays due to similar weather conditions in the capital city.

Delhi air quality ‘improves’

Meanwhile, Delhi air quality witnessed a marginal improvement, but remained in the ‘very poor’ category on Sunday, with the city recording a 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 377, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

Data from the CPCB’s SAMEER app showed that 16 of Delhi’s 40 monitoring stations reported air quality in the ‘severe’ category, while the remaining recorded ‘very poor’ levels.

An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’, according to the CPCB classification.

(With inputs from agencies)