CAT III-trained captain flying as passenger asked to operate IndiGo flight as visibility drops at IGI AirportThe captain, originally rostered for 6E-6571, was not CAT III B-trained, while the co-pilot was. The airline realised that a CAT III B-trai...
17 of Air India's best pilots to be off the sky this WinterThe batch of senior A320 pilots have been sent off to attend the Boeing command course that is likely to go on for at least two months. Thi...
Fog disrupts flight operations at IGIMinimum visibility required for CAT III landing at Delhi Airport is 50 meters and for low visibility take-off operations (LVTO) it is 125 m...
Lucknow, Amritsar airports made CAT-II compliant: AAIAirports Authority of India today said it has made Lucknow and Amritsar airports compliant for CAT-II operations from today.
Equipped Dreamliners did not take off from Delhi in fogAir India passengers could have been the only ones to fly out of Delhi in airline's Dreamliners even as others faced flight delays owing to...
DGCL to give Air India Dreamliners ILS category II certification to fly in light fogBut whether the most crucial Cat III B certification — which lets aircraft land in dense fog — happens this winter or not remains to be see...
- Air India Dreamliner awaits nod to fly in thick fog
The airline is still awaiting the DGCA's nod to operate the aircraft using category III instrument landing system that allows planes to lan...
Fog disrupts flight schedule at IGI, over 50 flights hitFog started to descend on the airport early and become dense after 5:30 AM. The runway visibility on all runways of the airport dropped to ...
Fog hits airlines schedule; 150 flights cancelledThe national capital faced its heaviest fog in four years, causing travel schedules to go awry.
Fog badly disrupts air traffic, 150 flights affectedA heavy blanket of fog forced authorities to suspend flight movement at the IGI Airport for around three hours, leading to delay and divers...
Dense fog envelopes IGI airport, 130 flights affectedDense fog continued to disrupt air traffic for third day today in the national capital, hitting the schedule of over 130 domestic and inter...
Fog disrupts flight operations at IGIDelhi witnessed the first fog of the winter season today which delayed the schedule of over 25 domestic and international flights.
Dreamliner now faces cold-related issuesAfter overheating, the Boeing-787 Dreamliner aircraft of Air India and other airlines is now facing cold-related issues in Delhi.
- Dense fog engulfs IGI airport; 50 flights delayed
A thick blanket of fog descended at the airport at around midnight and visibility dipped to a low of 50 metres in the morning between 8 AM ...
- Budget 2011: ASSOCHAM recommends provision to avoid losses to airlines due to cancellation
Given high cost of converting aircraft and training pilots to operate under Cat III B conditions, such a measure would help in incentivisin...
- Fog havoc: 100 flights disrupted, govt relaxes norms
Dense fog led airlines to cancel, divert or delay around 100 domestic and international flights putting thousands of passengers to hardship...
- Third IGI runway to become operational by Sept end: DIAL
Efforts to end air passengers' woes soon in the national capital's congested IGI airport came under strain as authorities put off commercia...