- NEW DELHI — More than 350 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Saturday
due to traffic congestion.
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- Social media users shared pictures and videos of waiting
passengers at the airport.
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- Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport
(IGIA) were disrupted on Friday evening due to adverse weather conditions and
as a spillover impact, operations have also been hit on Saturday.
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- "Flight operations at Delhi Airport are improving;
however, a few flights are still impacted due to last night's weather
conditions.
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- "Our on-ground teams and all stakeholders are
working together to minimise any inconvenience to passengers," DIAL said
in a post on X at 1407 hours.
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- As per data available on flight tracking website
Flightradar24.com, more than 350 flights have been delayed and the average
delay for flight departures was over 40 minutes.
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- "Ongoing air traffic congestion in Delhi is causing
flights to be held for takeoff and landing clearance. Due to the consequential
impact, a few flights across the network are impacted too," IndiGo said in
a post on X at 1332 hours.
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- Meanwhile, only three runways are operational at the
airport now as one runway is closed for maintenance works.
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