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As galore arsenic 66 flights were cancelled astatine the Delhi airdrome connected Friday (January 2, 2026) owed to fog and debased visibility conditions.
Several airlines cancelled 66 flights to and from Delhi owed to fog and reduced visibility conditions, a root said. Of them, 32 were accomplishment flights, and the remaining 34 were departure flights, the root said.
Aviation regulator DGCA has announced the play from December 10 to February 10 arsenic the authoritative fog model during this winter.
As portion of DGCA's formation cognition norms during fog, airlines person to mandatorily roster pilots who are trained to run successful low-visibility conditions, arsenic good arsenic deploy a CAT-IIIB-compliant craft fleet for specified operations.
Category-III is an precocious navigation strategy that empowers an craft to onshore nether foggy conditions.
Category-III-A is simply a precision instrumentality attack and landing that enables a level to onshore with a runway ocular scope (RVR) of 200 metres, portion Category-III-B helps successful landing with an RVR of nether 50 metres.
