The persistent fog throughout the nation disrupted air journey on Monday, leading to quite a few flights being diverted, delayed or cancelled because of poor visibility and unfavourable climate situations. Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has emerged as a diversion hub for a number of airways.

As of Monday morning, seven flights, together with 4 worldwide ones, that have been initially destined for different airports, have been diverted to Hyderabad. The diversions included 4 flights from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport, two from Chennai International Airport, and one from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The flights rerouted from Kolkata included AIX Connect’s I5 992 and I5 558 sure from Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, Vistara Air’s UK 727 from Delhi, and SpiceJet’s SG 517 from Bengaluru.

Additionally, IndiGo’s flight 6E 1002 from Singapore’s Changi Airport heading to Chennai was redirected to Hyderabad, and British Airways BA 035 from London’s Heathrow Airport to Chennai skilled an analogous destiny. The sole diversion from Delhi was Egypt Air’s flight MS 973 from Cairo International Airport to Delhi, which was rerouted to Hyderabad.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport authorities acknowledged that opposed climate situations in different cities contributed to quite a few flight delays and cancellations as effectively.