Around 60 flights delayed at Kolkata airport due to poor visibility

Five incoming flights diverted to other airports

PTI

Kolkata, Updated At : 11:27 AM Jan 06, 2025 IST

Passengers wait for delayed flights at a terminal at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Representative image: iStock

Around 60 flights were delayed at the Kolkata airport on Monday due to poor visibility, an official said.

Due to dense fog, low visibility procedures (LVP) had to be implemented at the airport from 7 am, the official said.

According to the Director of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA) Pravat Ranjan Beuria no traffic movement happened from 7.10 am to 9 am and around 30 flight arrivals and 30 departures were delayed, the airport director said.

In addition, five incoming flights to Kolkata were diverted to other airports.

All arrangements were made to facilitate the stranded passengers in the airport’s terminal, Beuria claimed.

He said that visibility conditions improved after 9 am and the first flight to arrive at the airport was the Emirates flight from Dubai to Kolkata (EK 570). It landed at 9.04 am.

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