Friday, January 23, 2015

Delhi no-fly zone on Republic Day, flights affected

Lucknow: light operation of as many as two scheduled flights from Delhi to Lucknow is set to be affected on January 23 and January 26 following Centre's decision to declare Delhi a no-fly zone because of US president Barack Obama's visit during Republic Day celebration.

According to the Notice to Airmen ( NOTAM) issued by the Airport Authority of India (AAI), there will be no flight movement from Delhi between 10.45am and 12.15pm on Friday and Monday (Republic Day). Therefore, no flight will be allowed to fly in or out of Delhi during this period.

The Air India flight AI 431 flies from Delhi at 12.10pm and reaches Lucknow at 1.15pm. This flight will now take off from Delhi at 12.15 pm and reach Lucknow airport at 1.20pm. The impact will be bigger on Indigo flight that flies from Delhi at 11.40am and reaches Lucknow airport at 12.45pm. This flight, therefore, will have to wait for more than half an hour at Delhi before flying at 12.15pm. It would reach Lucknow at 1.20pm.
23/01/15 Times of India
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