Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 26 2010:
With fog disrupting flight operations from Delhi and other north Indian cities, government on Sunday changed its rules to allow flight movements in reduced visibility conditions so as to ensure minimum inconvenience to passengers.
As 38 flights were cancelled and 42, including 14 international flights, diverted due to fog, particularly in Delhi, civil aviation secretary SNA Zaidi reviewed the situations with stakeholders including officials of airlines, DIAL, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and met department.
"The ministry has taken a number of steps to ensure that during fog and low visibility period, the safety of flight operations is maintained and inconvenience to passengers is minimised," Zaidi told reporters after the review meeting.