Cancellations continue for third day as thick fog cover in Delhi affects flight operations at Pune airport yet again

This is the third consecutive day when cancellations have occurred at the Pune airport due to low visibility at the Delhi airport amid thick fog cover. On Thursday, 14 departures were cancelled from Pune airport.

On Friday, Pune Airport Director Santosh Dhoke said that in the first half of the day (Thursday midnight to Friday noon) a total of eight flights were affected.

The delayed flights include Air India’s Pune-Delhi flight (AI1852) which was scheduled to depart at 1.15 am on Friday. Indigo’s Pune-Amritsar flight (6E0721) scheduled to depart at 2.55 am and Pune-Chandigarh flight (6E0242) scheduled to depart at 3.40 am were also cancelled.

Among arrivals, Air India’s Delhi-Pune flight (AI1851), Indigo’s Chandigarh-Pune (6E0681), Amritsar-Pune (6E6129), Ahmedabad-Pune (6E0699) and Goa-Pune (6E6844) were cancelled on Friday.

For the last three days, dense fog has engulfed the national capital and the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city has dipped to “severe”, as per data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).