December 21, 2013 (Airportchandigarh.com): Foggy weather has arrived again and as usual due to poor visibility flights and trains are not running on time and some of them get cancelled almost daily. The weather has mostly affected the morning and evening flights whereas the mid-day flights have better chances of arriving/departing.
Passengers who need to travel the same day must look for alternatives like buses or taxis. Usually the taxi companies raise their fare to almost double taking advantage of people who are already frustrated due to cancelled flights/trains.
If you are planning to travel by air in the foggy weather of December, January, make sure that you have already explored other alternatives. Book a bus/train in advance. Also, you must have plans to stay overnight in the city in case your flight gets postponed until the next day.
The visibility is less than 50 meters at several places, which makes it difficule to operate any flights. It is advisable for air passengers to call the airlines they are travelling with to confirm the cancellation of their flights because such information is not always updated real-time on our website. That's because sometimes the airlines cancel their flights at the last moment and we do not get informed by them.