US EditionAir India Alerts Flyers as Dense Fog Envelops Delhi, Parts of North and Eastern India
Dense fog and very poor air quality forced cancellation of 129 flights, with 66 arrivals and 63 departures affected, as authorities issued advisories and passenger support measures.
- On Saturday, December 20, 2025, at least 129 flights were cancelled at Indira Gandhi International Airport due to dense fog and smog disrupting operations.
- Worsening winter pollution, driven by stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, vehicular emissions, and falling temperatures, prompted an orange alert from the India Meteorological Department.
- Of the cancelled flights, 66 were arrivals and 63 departures, and passenger facilitation teams have been deployed at airports to assist travellers, officials said.
- Delhi airport operator DIAL said operations are normal despite disruptions, while airlines activated ground support and the Ministry of Civil Aviation directed compliance with passenger facilitation norms.
- The region has recorded poor or worse air quality since mid-October, and dense fog is expected to persist across northern India, disrupting flights at Indira Gandhi International Airport which handles around 1,300 daily.
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Air India alerts flyers as dense fog envelops Delhi, parts of North and eastern India
At least 129 flights were cancelled at Indira Gandhi International Airport IGI) in Delhi on Saturday, December 20. Air India also issued an advisory, urging flyers to keep a tab on flight status
New Delhi is still covered this Saturday by a dense toxic cloud that reduced visibility to minimal levels and forced to cancel more than a hundred flights at the country’s main airport, after a week marked by episodes of extreme pollution that paralysed air activity.“Given the forecast of dense fog in Delhi and in large areas of northern and eastern India, air operations could be affected at airports such as Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow,…
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