More than 350 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Saturday, April 12, due to traffic congestion. Social media users shared pictures and videos of waiting passengers at the airport. Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were disrupted on Friday evening due to adverse weather conditions and as a spillover impact, operations have also been hit on Saturday.
"Flight operations at Delhi Airport are improving; however, a few flights are still impacted due to last night's weather conditions.
"Our on-ground teams and all stakeholders are working together to minimise any inconvenience to passengers," DIAL said in a post on X at 1407 hours. Data available on the flight tracking website Flightradar24.com shows that more than 350 flights have been delayed, and the average delay for flight departures was over 40 minutes.
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"Ongoing air traffic congestion in Delhi is causing flights to be held for takeoff and landing clearance. Due to the consequential impact, a few flights across the network are impacted too," IndiGo said in a post on X at 1332 hours.
Meanwhile, only three runways are operational at the airport now, as one runway is closed for maintenance work.