Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia tightens SOPs amidst flight disruptions at Delhi airport

Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has further tightened the Standard Operating Procedures amidst the fog-induced flight disruptions at Delhi airport. In a post on X Scindia has listed 5 additional measures.

Measures Taken

The additional measures include setting up of war rooms by airlines and airports in 6 metro cities to address the inconvenience faced by passengers. Sufficient CISF personnel will also be deployed for round-the clock assistance. The aviation ministry has also sought incidence of disruption that happens thrice daily from 6 metro cities.

In view of the fog-induced disruptions, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on mitigating passenger inconvenience were issued yesterday to all the airlines.

1. In addition to these SOPs, we have sought incidence reporting thrice daily for all the 6 metro airports.

2.… https://t.co/346YXjxGdH

— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) January 16, 2024

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in a post in X said that the implementation of the Directives, SOPs and CARs will be monitored and reported regularly. In an earlier post, he had requested passengers to be patient and warned against unruly behaviours.

Yesterday, Delhi witnessed unprecedented fog wherein visibility fluctuated for several hours, and at times, dropped to zero between 5 AM to 9 AM.

The authorities, therefore, were compelled to enforce a shut-down of operations for some time even on CAT III runways (CAT III…

— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) January 15, 2024

The Delhi airport has operationalised the CAT III-enabled runway like instructed in yesterday's SOP. Over the past two days, flights had been delayed, disrupted due to fog. Passengers have been stranded in the airports while some flights are re-directed. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has assured that measures are being taken to avoid such situations in the future.

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