Afternoon air traffic at Srinagar Airport remained suspended today because of poor visibility.
Air traffic at Srinagar Airport was affected today due to poor visibility which led to the cancellation of flights in the afternoon.
The afternoon air traffic at Srinagar Airport remained suspended today because of poor visibility due to dense fog, but flight operations took place in the morning, Director Airport Authority of India (AAI), Srinagar Airport, Sharad Kumar told Press Trust of India.
Mr Kumar said the flight operations were normal in the morning as five flights landed at the airport.
Except for a private airline which had already cancelled all flights for the day, there were normal flight operations in the morning today as five flights landed at the airport which then took off as well, he said.
Mr Kumar said there was improved visibility in the morning, but it dropped in the afternoon.
In the morning, the visibility was 1800 metres (1.8 kilometres), so five flights landed at the airport. However, the visibility dropped in the afternoon to below the required 1.3 km, forcing cancellation of the flights, he said.
The official expressed hope of improvement in the visibility tomorrow for the resumption of normal operations at the airport.
The air traffic at Srinagar airport remained badly affected due to poor visibility over the past seven days.
While all the flights, except two on Saturday, were cancelled, the flight operations improved yesterday as four flights were able to land at the airport in the morning.
However, the afternoon flights were cancelled due to poor visibility.