Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 22: Air traffic from Srinagar International Airport remained suspended for the fifth day today due to poor visibility. However, on November 19, two flights operated from the airport when there some improvement in the weather briefly.
There is no improvement and visibility remained very poor, an official of airport said. No flight even could operate from airport today also at there is dense fog, he said. He said all incoming and outgoing flights from the airport have been cancelled so far. Flights, which were scheduled to take off from Delhi, Chandigarh and Jammu for Srinagar this morning, have been cancelled.
''We are keeping a close watch on the situation and flights will operate if there is improvement in the visibility,'' he said. The passengers alleged that for the past four days they are reaching airport only to return to their homes in the evening. They said, ''Rescheduling travel to some other day also costs us several thousand more as airlines refuse to reschedule the tickets''.
Meanwhile, Director Met said there is possibility of rain during the night November 24 and 25 which could help improvement in the visibility. |
