Air India reschedules flights to avoid fog

Air India will reschedule a few of its flights in order to minimise inconvenience to passengers, arising out of delays due to fog in the northern region. While there will be no change in flights to the US, the Delhi/Dhaka/Kolkata/London flights will originate from Mumbai and not from Delhi, a release said. In-bound flights from the UK will, however, operate from Delhi and terminate in Mumbai. Similarly, the Toronto-bound flight via Amritsar and Birmingham will originate and terminate in Mumbai omitting Delhi in both directons. Seoul and Osaka-bound flights originating from Mumbai via Delhi and Hong Kong will depart an hour earlier than their original scheduled time while the Mumbai/Delhi/Bangkok/Shanghai flights will operate three hours, 15 minutes behind schedule, the release said.

The Delhi/Lucknow/Delhi flight will not be operational during the fog period, the air carrier stated, adding that AI-638/639 Delhi/Amritsar/Delhi flights stand cancelled till the end of the fog period. There will be no change in the Jeddah/Lucknow/Delhi and Mumbai/Muscat/Abu Dhabi/Delhi flight schedules. Air India has also established an Operations Contingency Cell (OCC) for effective handling of flights from Delhi during the anticipated fog period (Dec 15-Feb 15) comprising of 21 executive pilots who will work in shifts and be easily accessible. The main functions of the OCC are to obtain weather data, make assessment of the forecasts, to liason closely with the ATC and MET departments and to advise the flight monitoring and control team.

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