Mohali: Inclement weather has had an adverse effect on flight operations at Chandigarh International Airport with three flights to Srinagar getting cancelled on Tuesday. Four other flights arrived and departed late due to fog in the morning.
The three flights, two of Go First and one of Indigo to Srinagar were cancelled as they could not arrive from Srinagar due to bad weather, said flight operators. Apart from this, four flights arrived late. Go First flight (G8-911) from Ahmadabad arrived 1:08 hours late in Chandigarh at 11:08 am against scheduled arrival of 10 am. The flight departed late from Ahmadabad at 9:25am against the scheduled departure of 8:10am, said the flight operator.
Air India flight (AI-9713) from Dharamshala arrived 19 minutes late as the flight departed late from Dharamshala due to bad weather, said the flight operator.
Air Vistara flight (UK-657) from Bengaluru also arrived late by 39 minutes as it departed late from the source. Air India flight from Delhi (AI-9831) was late by 16 minutes.
Four flights departed late from Chandigarh owing to poor visibility. Air India flight (AI-458) departed late by 2:31 hours for Leh at 12:46pm against the scheduled departure of 10:15am. The flight was held back due to multiple factors, including poor visibility, said airport authorities.
Another flight, Go first (G8-109), for Ahmadabad departed late by 1:04 hours from Chandigarh at 11:59am against the scheduled departure of 10:55am. The flight arrived late from Ahmedabad in the morning.
The Air India flight (AI-9714) to Dharamshala departed from Chandigarh at 12:05pm against scheduled departure of 11am and Air Vistara flight (UK-658) departed late by 38 minutes for Bengaluru from Chandigarh.
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