Hyderabad airport feels ripple effect of bad weather in other cities

Hyderabad: At least 79 flights from Hyderabad were delayed due to bad weather in other major Indian cities on Thursday and Friday, said Rajiv Gandhi International Airport authorities.

According to the airport authorities, 69 flights belonging to various airlines from Hyderabad were delayed on Thursday due to air congestion in Mumbai and severe fog in Delhi. Of these, 11 were international flights, connecting either to Delhi or Bengaluru.

Fortyfive flights bound to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru were delayed. From that, 18 were bound to Delhi, 16 to Mumbai and 11 to Bengaluru, all due to bad weather.

On Friday, 10 flights were delayed, and one got cancelled. Of these eight, six are national and four International. The IndiGo flight to Tirupati was cancelled. Two flights to Delhi, and others to Coimbatore, Chennai, and other places were delayed. Four International flights — to the UAE, Dubai, Changi, and Frankfurt (scheduled for Saturday) — were delayed.

A passenger flying to a foreign country via Delhi said, “My flight to Delhi was delayed by an hour and a half. The delay did not bother me much as I was going on a trip anyway, so I was lurking around at the airport. However, there were people around who were severely anxious as they had a real purpose behind travelling to the place. I did not see anyone react aggressively but some of them seemed distressed, while some irritated.”