Originally Posted by PiperAtGatesofDawn

You can't plan for the fog. Currently, DEL has only one side of one runway supporting CAT IIIB. Even if they get 2 runways operational, there is no guarantee you plane is equipped with CAT IIIB AND the pilots are CAT IIIB trained. AI just got fined for that.

So book something during the middle of the day if possible and hope that earlier cascading effects of earlier delays and operational issues don't harm your flight too much.

I feel the wide-bodies would be more comfortable than the narrow-bodies because they would have the appearance of more space and the 77W would have marginally better seat width and pitch.

Originally Posted by Keyser

I believe both sides are operational now.

Originally Posted by oliver2002

AI and most if not all international airlines flying to/from DEL in the foggy winter months have equipment and crew rated CatIIIb. The meltdown you saw this week was for aircraft that didn't have CatIIIb rated crews. Most if not all widebodies took off and landed normally. The only restriction to those was the limited capacity (only one runway and during CatIIIb ops the spacing of aircraft on the ground and in the air is larger).

Originally Posted by GoraDesi

Also, some of the air space in Delhi may be closed part of each day for the next week or so because of Republic Day as the Air Force practices fly-overs (weather permitting).