<p>For the second straight day, thick early morning fog affected the schedule of flights departing from and landing at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>As many 47 departures, including both international and domestic flights, and 16 arrivals were delayed, said a KIA spokesperson. <br /><br />Delayed international departures included a British Airways flight to Heathrow (London) and an Indigo flight to Dubai. <br /><br />In addition, two cargo flights had to be diverted to Chennai due to drop in runway visibility range. <br /><br />Some of the flights were delayed for as long as two hours. While operations started after 6.47 am, delays continued due to the congestion caused by the earlier delayed flights. <br />Satish C, who was travelling to New Delhi by an early morning Jet Airways flight, said the departure was delayed by two hours. <br /><br />“Stuck inside Jet Airways flight from 2 hours. Lesson of the day – never take early morning flight during winter,” he said. <br /><br />On Saturday, 36 arrivals and several departures were delayed. The delays, however, have been taking place for several days now as the mercury started dipping. <br /><br />Moin Ali, who travelled to the airport on January 5 to see off his mother, said: “We started for the airport around 4.30-5 am and the visibility was certainly low. Luckily, there was no delay in case of my mother’s flight. A colleague of mine who took a flight last Friday was not so lucky. He had to wait for more than three hours.”<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>For the second straight day, thick early morning fog affected the schedule of flights departing from and landing at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>As many 47 departures, including both international and domestic flights, and 16 arrivals were delayed, said a KIA spokesperson. <br /><br />Delayed international departures included a British Airways flight to Heathrow (London) and an Indigo flight to Dubai. <br /><br />In addition, two cargo flights had to be diverted to Chennai due to drop in runway visibility range. <br /><br />Some of the flights were delayed for as long as two hours. While operations started after 6.47 am, delays continued due to the congestion caused by the earlier delayed flights. <br />Satish C, who was travelling to New Delhi by an early morning Jet Airways flight, said the departure was delayed by two hours. <br /><br />“Stuck inside Jet Airways flight from 2 hours. Lesson of the day – never take early morning flight during winter,” he said. <br /><br />On Saturday, 36 arrivals and several departures were delayed. The delays, however, have been taking place for several days now as the mercury started dipping. <br /><br />Moin Ali, who travelled to the airport on January 5 to see off his mother, said: “We started for the airport around 4.30-5 am and the visibility was certainly low. Luckily, there was no delay in case of my mother’s flight. A colleague of mine who took a flight last Friday was not so lucky. He had to wait for more than three hours.”<br />DH News Service</p>
