Govt’s New Plan For 6 Metro Airports Amid Flight Delays

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.”

‘War rooms’ will be set up by airports and airline operators at all six metros to address any issues with regard to passenger inconvenience with immediacy,” he said, “Sufficient CISF (Central Industrial Security Force, which handles security at airports) manpower will be ensured round-the-clock.”

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.