IA additional flight to Leh today
KT NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU/LEH, Air traffic was today hampered due to heavy snow fall in the hilly areas of Jammu region and Ladakh and inclement weather conditions.
According to Indian Airlines station manager Sanjeev Misri, due to inclement weather condition, Indian Airlines cancelled flight number IC-450 which had to operate from Jammu to Leh at 10:15 AM today.
Misri informed Air India would operate an additional flight number IC-4450 from Jammu to Leh which would depart at 10 AM from Jammu Airport.
Meanwhile, fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Ladakh forced the aviation authorities to cancel all the flights operating in this sector.
The weather remained packed in the upper reaches as a result of which all the three flights i.e., of Kingfisher, Jet charter flight and Indian Airlines could not operate.
According to airport authorities, the poor visibility made almost 400 passengers stranded at Leh and more than 700 in summer capital.
Leh has been experiencing snowfall since late evening where as Kargil, Drass have been registering heavy snowfall for the past three days forcing people to stay indoor. The met department sources stated that the weather would remain packed in Ladakh for the next two or three days.