Winters are here; can fog be far behind? Director in-charge of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport's meteorological watch office Dr Rajendra Kumar Jenamani said on Thursday that fog could set in from the third week of December
Winters are here; can fog be far behind? Director in-charge of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport's meteorological watch office Dr Rajendra Kumar Jenamani said on Thursday that fog could set in from the third week of December. 
"We have made necessary arrangements to predict and measure the fog so as to better coordinate with other agencies like DIAL," Jenamani said.
Delhi, which experiences heavy fog from the third week of December to early February, has not witnessed any significant fog activity this month.
"We have also introduced new technologies like computerised air-side route lighting system," Delhi International Airport Limited's (DIAL) vice president (terminal management) Ashwani Khanna said. Another senior DIAL official said the new air-field lighting system will help in guiding aircrafts to their parking bays.
"This new technology will help in saving time and is computerized so the best possible route is given to the aircraft to reach its parking bay," he said.
He added that IGI airport is the only airport in the country to feature CAT (category) IIIB ILS (instrument landing system), which allows compliant aircrafts and trained pilots to land even when the runway visibility is at 50 metres.
"DIAL has 120 parking bays with CAT III compatible lighting systems," he added. The airport is also ready with passenger facilities like specially trained customer service staff, a 24 hour call centre and adequate food and beverage outlets.
"We also have 13,000 seats in T-3 (terminal-3) and over 2,200 at domestic terminal T-1D, with adequate food and beverage arrangements to cater to the large number of passengers of disrupted flights," Khanna said.
| The IBM touch |
| Multinational technology giant IBM said on Wednesday, it has bagged a contract to establish common- use infrastructure for both IT and non-IT services at Delhi International Airport's new T3 passenger terminal. Airport operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) chose IBM's Managed Network Infrastructure solution (MNI) solution to form the backbone for all IT and non-IT systems in T3 , IBM said in a statement. However, the company did not disclose the financial details of the project. |
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