Thirteen Flights Diverted Due To VVIP Movement At Delhi Airport

At least 13 flights were diverted, and nearly 90 delayed because of VVIP movement.

Thirteen flights departing from New Delhi airport were diverted, and as many as 85 delayed, because of VIP movement.

The Delhi Airport's website showed over 85 delayed domestic arrivals at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at 8 pm, NDTV reported.

#WATCH: Current situation at Delhi Airport's Terminal 1, long delays due to VIP movement pic.twitter.com/3g0fDs62Lf

— ANI (@ANI) November 4, 2017

Jet Airways tweeted that VVIP movement at the airport was the cause for the unusually large number of delays and diversions

#9Wupdate: Due to air traffic congestion consequent to VVIP movement at #Delhi airport, some of our flights are affected. (1/2)

— Jet Airways (@jetairways) November 4, 2017

This number fell, but stayed at 15 delayed flights and 8 diverted flights at 9 pm. Fliers affected by the delay took to Twitter to voice their anger.

Absurd flight delay - over 3 hours for @PMOIndia movement in delhi airport. Never heard of such inefficient management @AshokGajapathi1

— Kalikesh Singh Deo (@DeoKalikesh) November 4, 2017

Flight carriers SpiceJet and Jet Airways took to Twitter to address complaints.

Apologies for the trouble, Piyush. Your flight is delayed due to operational reasons and as of now it is expected to depart at 1925 hrs.

— SpiceJet (@flyspicejet) November 4, 2017

Hi Ramesh, flight 9W 739 has been consequently delayed due to air traffic congestion at Delhi. ETD: 2100 hrs.

— Jet Airways (@jetairways) November 4, 2017

ANI also confirmed that the delay was caused by VVIP movement, citing ATC sources. Indira Gandhi International Airport is the busiest airport in India with over 1,200 flights passing through each day.

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