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| Govt mulls fog system |
| This year, one may not have to wait forever at the Delhi airport when the fog descends.
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| INDIA
, 6-November-2007
0:20:44 AM |
| Winter has nearly arrived and soon the evenings will be enveloped in that familiar fog that gets thicker and thicker by the year end.
Usually that means a nightmare for anyone who's flying in or out of the Delhi airport. But maybe that's going to change.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has now promised that their new fog management system will deliver and this year, the Delhi airport will not be plunged into chaos.
This year, one may not have to wait forever at the Delhi airport when the fog descends.
But even if one has to, airport authorities promise, passengers will be given food, water and a place to rest with constant updates on the arrival of their flight.
These are some of the assurances of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, which is putting its new revamped fog management system in place by December 8 and according to the Met department, the annual winter fog in Delhi will be from December 8 to February 15.
The ministry has said:
All airlines have to be prepared to land in at least a medium level fog. This means the fog landing equipment of CAT 2 grade has to be in place. Airlines that don't comply will not be allowed to fly this season at all.
Airlines must ensure that passengers are given food and water for delayed flights. Ifthey don't, the Delhi airport will provide it and bill the airlines.
LCD screens will be installed at all airport terminals, updating passengers on the take off time of their flight and also details of how long it may be stuck hovering over the landing strip.
60 airport officials will be pressed into action to help with passenger queries.
And a media centre and crisis centre is being set up at the airport to handle all passenger queries at the airport.
''If airlines don't meet the CAT 2 norms, they won't be allowed to fly. We will ensure they stick to the norms,'' said KN Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation.
When exactly the sysyem will be put up in place that's still being worked out.
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