Flight cancellations: DGCA to set up cell
8 Jan 2014 5:37 AM IST
The decision was taken at a meeting the new DGCA chief and Civil Aviation Ministry Joint Secretary Prabhat Kumar had with representatives of airlines, Airports Authority of India, Delhi’s IGI Airport, the met department and CISF.
A total of 247 flights have been cancelled due to fog since December 17 last year, including 119 flights on a single day late last week.
The cell would daily monitor the fog situation and take quick decisions to help airlines mount flights to clear the backlog of stranded passengers, official sources said.
The meeting also reviewed the deployment of pilots, trained to operate the Instrument Landing System under Category III when the runway visibility range (RVR) of around 75 metres. Under CAT-II and CAT-I conditions, the RVR is around 150-200 metres and 550 metres respectively.
The airlines have already been instructed to deploy adequate number of CAT-III trained pilots to operate flights to and from Delhi during fog. They have also been asked to reschedule flights of non-CAT-III compliant aircraft like turboprop ATRs, Q-400, Canadian Regional Jets in this period.
The meeting took stock of the facilities airlines were providing to passengers to minimise their inconvenience, including advance information about delays or cancellations and provision of food and beverages at such times.
On improvement of fog situation, the Air Traffic Control was also instructed to give priority to diverted flights. ATC should sequence the aircraft and give clearance for take-off based on the start-up request to avoid congestion.
Meteorological information for passengers should be shown on Flight Information Display systems at the airport and it should be updated regularly, the sources said.
A day after an Air India aircraft landed in Jaipur and had a tyre burst disrupting several flights, it was also decided to augment ground infrastructure at the identified alternate airports during fog, the sources added.
Minimum at 6.1 degree Celsius, clear day
New Delhi: The national capital continued to experience chilly weather with minimum temperature settling at 6.1 degree Celsius on Tuesday, a notch below normal.
It was a foggy morning as usual which gave way to sunshine as the day progressed. The maximum temperature was recorded at 19.7 degree Celsius which too was degree below normal.
On Monday, the minimum temperature was registered at 6.4 degree Celsius while the maximum remained at 17.6 degree Celsius. The humidity levels oscillated between 100 per cent and 50 per cent.
The MeT department has predicted moderate or dense fog Wednesday morning. It will be mainly clear sky which is expected to become partly cloudy later on.
A total of 247 flights have been cancelled due to fog since December 17 last year, including 119 flights on a single day late last week.
The cell would daily monitor the fog situation and take quick decisions to help airlines mount flights to clear the backlog of stranded passengers, official sources said.
The meeting also reviewed the deployment of pilots, trained to operate the Instrument Landing System under Category III when the runway visibility range (RVR) of around 75 metres. Under CAT-II and CAT-I conditions, the RVR is around 150-200 metres and 550 metres respectively.
The airlines have already been instructed to deploy adequate number of CAT-III trained pilots to operate flights to and from Delhi during fog. They have also been asked to reschedule flights of non-CAT-III compliant aircraft like turboprop ATRs, Q-400, Canadian Regional Jets in this period.
The meeting took stock of the facilities airlines were providing to passengers to minimise their inconvenience, including advance information about delays or cancellations and provision of food and beverages at such times.
On improvement of fog situation, the Air Traffic Control was also instructed to give priority to diverted flights. ATC should sequence the aircraft and give clearance for take-off based on the start-up request to avoid congestion.
Meteorological information for passengers should be shown on Flight Information Display systems at the airport and it should be updated regularly, the sources said.
A day after an Air India aircraft landed in Jaipur and had a tyre burst disrupting several flights, it was also decided to augment ground infrastructure at the identified alternate airports during fog, the sources added.
Minimum at 6.1 degree Celsius, clear day
New Delhi: The national capital continued to experience chilly weather with minimum temperature settling at 6.1 degree Celsius on Tuesday, a notch below normal.
It was a foggy morning as usual which gave way to sunshine as the day progressed. The maximum temperature was recorded at 19.7 degree Celsius which too was degree below normal.
On Monday, the minimum temperature was registered at 6.4 degree Celsius while the maximum remained at 17.6 degree Celsius. The humidity levels oscillated between 100 per cent and 50 per cent.
The MeT department has predicted moderate or dense fog Wednesday morning. It will be mainly clear sky which is expected to become partly cloudy later on.
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