Over a dozen flights delayed in Delhi amid dust storms and gusty winds

Heavy thunderstorms and gusty winds have wreaked havoc on flight operations in Northern India causing delays and diversionsAir India issued a travel advisory on Friday urging passengers to check the latest flight status before heading to the airportTravelAdvisoryPoor weather caused by heavy thunderstorms and gusty winds has affected flight operations across parts of Northern India Some of our flights to and from Delhi are being delayed or diverted which is likely to impact our overall flight schedule We are closelyhellipmdash Air India airindia April 11 2025The advisory stated Some of our flights to and from Delhi are being delayed or diverted which is likely to impact our overall flight schedule We are closely monitoring the situation and are doing our best to minimise the disruptionAccording to airport sources fifteen flights were diverted and several were delayed at the Delhi airport on Friday due to dust storms and gusty winds Delhi experienced dust storms on Friday evening The change in weather impacted several parts of Delhi including flight operationsSocial media posts highlighted the lack of communication and poor management by Air India staff with many passengers expressing outrage over the absence of updates on flight statuses and boarding gatesShocked by Air India staff Krishna Kant Sharma referring to passengers valid concerns as Bhandara during delayed boarding of AI 2705 Delhi to Kolkata on April 12 2025 This is no way to treat paying customers airindia DGCAIndia mdash we deserve accountability and respectmdash Chayan Chakrabarti lazychakrabarti April 12 2025One user on X expressed outrage stating Shocked by Air India staff Krishna Kant Sharma referring to passengers valid concerns as Bhandara during delayed boarding of AI 2705 Delhi to Kolkata on April 12 2025 This is no way to treat paying customers airindia DGCAIndia we deserve accountability and respectAnother passenger highlighted the lack of updates for flight AI 2725 saying Flight AI2725 was supposed to fly by 800 am on 12th April but still no update either on display or by any Air India crew What kind of service ur providingSimilarly a user questioned the delay of flight AI 2651 noting airindia what the hell is going on AI 2651 is supposed to depart at 8 am and were still waiting for the gate announcement What are we supposed to do Wholl be responsible if theres any delayThere is total chaos at Terminal 3 airindia please at least provide update on flights Boards are not getting updated There is no Air India staff to help or provide any update DelhiAirport DelhiAirportGMR pictwittercombY0KgDQDqdmdash Pallavi Saluja pallavibnb April 12 2025The situation at Terminal 3 was described as chaotic with one user stating There is total chaos at Terminal 3 airindia please at least provide update on flights Boards are not getting updated There is no Air India staff to help or provide any updates DelhiAirport DelhiAirportGMR Chaos at Delhi Airport Nearly all air India flights delayed Poor staffing no communications MpRammohannaidu MoCA_GoImdash Mohit D Gupta DM FACC FESC FSCAI docmohitgupta April 12 2025Another added Chaos at Delhi Airport Nearly all Air India flights delayed Poor staffing no communications MpRammohannaidu MoCA_GoIThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params