MOHALI: The poor visibility factor has started showing its effect at Chandigarh International Airport as the Kolkata and Srinagar flights were delayed by over 4 hours on Saturday. A total of eight flights were delayed rendering inconvenience to the passengers.The most affected were the flights arriving from Delhi as three flights out of seven got delayed. Air Alliance flight got delayed by over two hours owing to poor visibility, said the airport manager of Air India. The flight with scheduled arrival of 7 am arrived at 9:06 am. The flight was delayed by 2:06 hours. The flights departed late from Delhi, at 8:26 am against scheduled departure of 5:55 am, said the official.The Indigo flight from Kolkata arrived late by 4:34 hours at 12:04 pm against the scheduled arrival of 7:30 am. The flight departed from Kolkata at 9:20 am against the scheduled departure of 4:50 am. The total air travel time from Kolkata to Chandigarh is 2:40 hours.Another Indigo flight from Srinagar got delayed by 4:37 hours at 3:22 pm against the scheduled arrival of 10:45 am. The flight departed late at 2:15 pm against scheduled departure of 9:30 am from Srinagar. The total air travel time from Srinagar to Chandigarh is 1:15 hours.Similarly, other flights of Air India from Delhi, Air Asia from Bengaluru, Indigo from Mumbai, Indigo from Bengaluru, and Jet Airways from Delhi were delayed between 43 to 17 minutes.Air India flight from Kullu was also delayed by 35 minutes due to bad weather in Kullu. With the Chandigarh International Airport yet to be equipped with advanced instrument landing system, the airline operators fear they may lose business this winter, as passengers will opt for other means of transport to avoid delays and cancellations.

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