Mumbai-bound flight to remain suspended

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 17

The first domestic flight connecting Mumbai and the Doaba region couldn’t take off from Adampur airport on Thursday due to bad weather conditions. Now, it is up to the passengers to deal with inconvenience as it remains for next five days.

As per reports, the only Mumbai-bound SpiceJet flight from Adampur has been suspended for six days. Sources at the Adampur airport stated that the flight will not take off on December 21, 23, 25, 28 and 30. Owing to the reduced visibility the flight also couldn’t reach here on Wednesday as per scheduled time and was diverted from Chandigarh. The visibility has been reduced to 50m.

As per the schedule, the flight leaves Mumbai airport at 6.40 am but on Wednesday it left Mumbai with half an hour delay.

Due to dense fog, it was diverted to Chandigarh and landed here at Adampur airport at 3.44 pm. It was delayed by nearly six hours, causing inconvenience to the passengers.