Airlines gear up to cope with fog in Delhi international airport

New Delhi: Withwinter gradually setting in, all airlines are taking a final look at their preparedness to operate under foggy conditions at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.
Concerned over delays, cancellations and disruption of flights and inconvenience to the travelling public due to fog, the Civil Aviation Ministry has already held a meeting with senior officials of the State-owned Air India, Indian and private carriers such as Jet, Sahara, Kingfisher, SpiceJet, IndiGo and GoAir.
Last year, the Ministry cautioned the airlines to train their pilots to operate in CAT III B conditions if they wanted to retain permission to fly to Delhi.
Ministry said that apart from Indian and Air India pilots, only Kingfisher, IndiGo and GoAir pilots and aircraft were fully equipped to operate under CAT III B conditions, where runway visibility could be as low as 50 metres and not more than 200 metres.
13/11/06 Vinay Kumar/The Hindu

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