Weather disruptions cause flight delays
TNN | Feb 2, 2025, 03.50 AM IST
Chennai: Unfavourable weather conditions prevailing in different parts of the country impacted flight operations in Chennai on Saturday. Flights experienced delayed departures or arrivals from Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada.
An Air Arabia flight from Abu Dhabi with 176 passengers, scheduled to land in Chennai around 12.25 am, landed nearly two hours late. Consequently, its departure from Chennai was delayed by two hours. Two other Air Arabia flights from Sharjah and Abu Dhabi were also delayed by about 30 minutes, delaying return flights.
An Air India Express flight from Pune landed in Chennai six hours late on Saturday. Eleven flights experienced delayed departures by up to two hours.
Airport sources said poor visibility at several airports hampered flight operations, and Chennai airport felt the impact as the calculated take-off time of different flights went awry. tnn
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