24 Schedules flights were disrupted by one to four hours on Monday, due to the dust storm, resultant low visibility and heavy drizzles.
While two flights were cancelled, another two were diverted. Airport sources said irate passengers angrily took up the matter with airlines as their travel plans got derailed Most affected were flights coming in from Maharashtra.
Indigo Airlines Indore-Ahmedabad flight was canceled while its Pune-Ahmedabad and Air India’s Delhi-Ahmedabad flights were diverted.
Due to bad weather in Mumbai, four flights headed for India’s financial capital were diverted to Ahmedabad Airport. These included flights from Allahabad (Prayagraj), Coimbatore, Dubai and Mangalore.
Some of the flights arriving in Ahmedabad from Mumbai were diverted to Surat, causing inconvenience to passengers.