New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday announced an action plan for airports to solve the fog-induced disruptions occurring frequently in recent days in domestic and international flight operations. The Union minister also outlined new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for mitigating passenger inconvenience.
Taking to X, Scindia wrote, “In view of the fog-induced disruptions, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on mitigating passenger inconvenience were issued yesterday to all the airlines.”
In view of the fog-induced disruptions, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on mitigating passenger inconvenience were issued yesterday to all the airlines.
1. In addition to these SOPs, we have sought incidence reporting thrice daily for all the 6 metro airports.
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) January 16, 2024
Scindia also said Runway 29L at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport had been made CAT III operational, allowing it to handle take-offs and departures even during dense fog scenarios.
He said Runway 10/28 – also with CAT III status – would be made operational soon; the runway, the airport’s oldest runway was shut last year, after the G20 Summit was held in Delhi, for maintenance, NDTV reported.