Lok Sabha Question No. 391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Cancellation of Flights due to Fog
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, SUDHEER GUPTA, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 391 (To be answered on the February 2016) 25th

## CANCELLATION OF FLIGHTS DUE TO FOG

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SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO SHRI ASHOK SHAVKAR RAO CHAVAN ' ` KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA DR J JAYAVARDHAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

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- have been cancelled due to dense during the current winter season and if SO, the details thereof;\_ fog
- whether the Government has made it mandatory for all the airports to install CAT-IIIB instrument landing for low visibility conditions; system
- (6) the losses incurred by variomns airlines as a result thereof;
- installed this system including those which are\_ to instali it; and yet
- problems faced by various airlines in taking-off and landing during dense conditions?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma) 0 .

- As information provided to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (a) per Delhi Internatiomal Airport Limited (DIAL), the number' of 15/12/2015 to 15/02/2016 is 45 follows:

Airline

Departures

Arrivals

Indigo

05

02

Jet Airways

04

01

NIL

There was no cancellation of International flights.

| Air India   |    |     |
|-------------|----|-----|
| Go Air      | 01 | NiL |
| Spice Jet   | 01 |     |
| Vistara     | 01 |     |
| Total       | 18 | 04  |

(b) Losses incurred by the airlines on account of flight cancellation due to are not required to be subinitted to the DGCA as per the prevailing regulations: fog

(e) A Technical Committee to conduct study on low visibility operations at IGI Airport, Delhi was set up DGCA on 09.01.2014. Based on the recommendations of the Committee; following decisions have been taken by DGCA for\_compliance by airlines: by

(c) to (d) Government has not made it mandatory for the airports to install CAT-IB system: However, ILS CAT-IIB has been installed at Delhi Airport and it is under installation at Amritsar; Lucknow Jaipur and Kolkata Airports:

() All airlines to ensure that aircraft deployed to/from Delhi during low visibility conditions are CAT-III complaint and both the commander and €Oare also CAT-III trained pilot weather predictions of CAT-III conditions are made by India Meteorological Department (IMD): Failing to do S0, such operations 0f the defaulting airline wili be stopped tolfrom Delhi during low visibility conditions.

(iv) All stakeholders should have better communication procedure so,that level of interaction with passengers increases during the and are aware of flight delays: they.= fog

(iii)  Airlines must take adequate care of providing basic amenities of water and refreshment to passengers during such conditions if the flights are delayed

(v) One representative each from DGCA and IMD will be positioned at Airport Operation Control Centre (AOCC); DIAL who will interact with airlines, Airports Authority of India (AAT) and DIAL. DIAL will organise conference on daily basis wherein forecast for the and next will be provided by IMD. fog day day:

Further, in order to minimize the inconvenience to traveling passengers and to ensure safety of operations during Low Visibility period, DGCA vide letter No. 23-05/2010-AED dated 02/12/2014issued instructions to all scheduled domestic airlines as well as airport operators for immediate compliance which

Also, Collaborative Decision Making (CMD) process is followed at airports during period which helps in regulating the landing and take-offs of airlines, avoiding delays and saving of fuel as per the permissible conditions for aircraft operations: fog