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Ten flights were cancelled astatine Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi, connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) greeting owed to debased visibility conditions, airdrome authorities said. Meanwhile, formation operations astatine Chennai International Airport were besides disrupted connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) greeting aft dense fog and adverse upwind conditions successful Delhi and different bluish States led to the cancellation of 11 flights, airdrome authorities said.
According to an authoritative statement, 4 departing flights and 7 arriving flights were cancelled during the day. The cancellations were attributed to persistent dense fog, mediocre weather, and aerial contamination affecting formation operations crossed New Delhi and respective bluish regions implicit the past fewer days.
"Flight services successful New Delhi and different bluish States person been severely impacted owed to dense fog and adverse upwind conditions. Several flights bound for New Delhi were incapable to onshore and were diverted to different airports," the connection said. As a result, formation services betwixt Chennai and bluish cities person remained disrupted.
On Wednesday (December 17, 2025), 4 outbound flights from Chennai to New Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, and Ghaziabad were cancelled. Similarly, 7 flights scheduled to get successful Chennai contiguous (December 17) from Delhi, Jaipur, Patna, Pune, Kolkata, Indore, and different cities person besides been announced arsenic cancelled. The cancellation of 11 flights successful a azygous time caused important inconvenience to passengers.
Meanwhile, New Delhi, witnessed a flimsy betterment successful aerial prime connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) morning, with the wide Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded astatine 328 astatine astir 8 a.m., keeping it successful the 'very poor' category, according to information from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The aerial prime improved somewhat compared to Tuesday (December 16, 2025), arsenic the AQI was 354 astatine 4 p.m. However, ample parts of the metropolis remained enveloped successful toxic smog, and the wide aerial prime continues to beryllium poor.
According to CPCB categorisation, 0-50 is 'good', 51-100 is 'satisfactory', 101-200 is 'moderate', 201-300 is 'poor', 301-400 is 'very poor', and 401-500 is 'severe'.
