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Thursday, 16 October 2014

DGCA bans smaller aircraft at Delhi airport to prevent delays during fog season

New Delhi: Passengers flying to smaller cities such as Bhuj, Dehradun or Shimla from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport are unlikely to get any air connectivity this winter, as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will ban operations by low-capacity turboprop CAT–IIIB non-compliant Bombardier Q400s, ATRs and CRJs out of Delhi airport during the fog season.

Aircraft fitted with devices matching CAT- IIIB Instrument Landing Systems can operate in low visibility conditions during fog, minimising diversions and delays.


While Air India regional and Jet Airways operates ATRs, SpiceJet operates Bombardier Q400s. Air India’s regional arm Alliance Air also has four CRJ-700s in its fleet. DGCA is looking at stalling operations of smaller aircraft to the airport in Delhi during the fog season to prevent diversions and delays.

A senior official in DGCA said: “We will temporarily stall operations of Q400s, CRJs and ATRs to Delhi airport from mid-December, as these aircraft are not CAT-IIIB-compliant and will only add to the problems during the fog season.”
Read news in full 14/10/14 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard

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