Delhi Airport, IndiGo issue travel advisory amid low visibility in national capitalDelhi Airport issues a passenger advisory due to expected fog affecting flight operations. Non-CAT III compliant flights may experience dis...
25 Dec, 2024, 07.06 AM IST
Air India taking steps to deal with fog, poor visibility in winter seasonAir India has implemented measures to mitigate flight disruptions during the winter fog season. These include adjusted flight schedules, in...
05 Dec, 2024, 09.27 PM IST
DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India & SpiceJet for rostering non-CAT III compliant pilotsThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a show cause notice to Air India and SpiceJet for rostering non-CAT III (Catego...
04 Jan, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
All four runways of Delhi Airport to be operational from first week of JanuaryIn light of recent dense fog in Delhi causing delays and diversions, the operationalization of all runways is expected to alleviate the cha...
29 Dec, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
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...
01 Dec, 2019, 07.30 AM IST
Airlines told to depute staff trained in Cat III to minimise delays due to fogIn a letter written to airlines on November 30, the DGCAblamed the lack of preparedness on the part of the airlines for delays and diversio...
17 Dec, 2016, 01.14 AM IST
Fog flop: AI, SpiceJet get DGCA rapDGCA had also said that non-CAT III compliant air craft would have to be rescheduled between 10am and 8pm during fog.
15 Dec, 2016, 01.33 PM IST
Airlines asked to stick to advisory on operating in low visibilityThe aviation regulator has also directed the airlines to reschedule non CAT III aircraft between 10 AM to 8 PM.
08 Dec, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
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...
08 Jan, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
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.
17 Dec, 2015, 09.30 PM IST
Thirteen more airports to soon become CAT-III compliantAt present, only Delhi Airport is equipped with CAT-III technology. The equipment installation work at the Jaipur airport will be completed...
28 Jan, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
Deploy CAT-3 complaint plane, crew during fog: DGCA to airlinesDGCA also ordered airlines to reschedule flights with non-CAT-III compliant aircraft in case visibility conditions are not favourable, offi...
24 Dec, 2014, 10.41 PM IST
DGCA penalises IndiGo, GoAir and Jet Airways, 6 prime landing slots withdrawnDGCA took penal action for not using pilots trained to land in foggy conditions and not equipping aircraft with mandatory devices.
31 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Dense fog wreaks havoc at IGI, affects over 400 flights
The fog enveloped the airport around 4.00 AM and general visibility reached near zero while the runway visibility dipped to less than 50 me...
30 Dec, 2011, 08.26 PM IST
- 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...
27 Dec, 2010, 05.49 AM IST
- Airlines' promises nosedive in January's blinding fog
Only few airlines have managed to keep up their promises of operating under near-zero visibility conditions using CAT-III Instrument Landin...
31 Jan, 2010, 04.22 PM IST
- GoAir to fly fog-affected flights with CAT-III pilots
Private airline GoAir today said it will deploy CAT-III compliant pilots in all its fog-destination flights.
07 Dec, 2007, 09.18 PM IST