Flight arrivals and departures at the city airport witnessed a long delay on Monday. By evening,almost six departures were delayed and arrivals remained affected with 11 flights arriving late. The flights that were excessively delayed were bound for Delhi,Bangalore and Chennai. One flight to Delhi was cancelled. Two flights from Hyderabad and Delhi landed late,while some flights from Delhi and Bangalore were excessively delayed. Six of the delayed flights were from Delhi,while the others were from Chennai,Hyderabad,Mumbai and Bangalore. Even as Pune Airport website showed that the flights were delayed,the airport terminal manager said,There was only one delay - a Spice Jet flight from Delhi - which arrived at 11.35 am. However,it was an operational delay and not due to bad weather conditions. Officiating airport director Raj Shekhar said the airport authorities had not received any information about flight delays and airlines should be contacted for more information. Dhairyasheel Vandekar,station manager,Air India said,Air India flights were not affected due to weather. Our two flights to Delhi and others to Hyderabad,Bangalore,Goa flew on time. Only the Chennai flight had to be rescheduled,but not due to weather conditions. However,a passenger travelling from Delhi to Pune confirmed that her Jet Air flight landed an hour late. According to the announcements made at New Delhi,the delay was caused because of bad weather conditions in Pune.
