NEW DELHI:
Unscheduled transit flights will not be allowed to land at the
Delhi airport for four hours in the morning and three hours in the evening on Independence Day, its operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) said Friday.
The DIAL said scheduled flights will operate as normal.
According to a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), transit flights cannot land at the Delhi airport between 6am and 10am as well as between 4pm and 7pm on
August 15.
DIAL said the NOTAM is applicable only for chartered (not-scheduled) flights.
It said there will be no impact of the NOTAM on helicopter operations of the Indian Air Force, Border Security Force and the Indian Army.
The airport operator added that the state-owned planes and helicopters can fly with the governor or the chief minister.