Airlines rearrange flight schedules to avoid foggy conditions at Lahore Airport
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International airlines have rearranged their flights' schedules to skip the foggy conditions at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Lahore Airport was functional for flights landing and take-off with fog blanketing the runway reducing the visibility to 800 metres.
According to sources, international airlines have now rescheduled their night flights to the daytime.
Qatar Airways flight QR-620 from Doha which was originally scheduled to touch down at 1:00 am at Lahore Airport will now arrive at 11:00 am.
Flight J-9501 coming from Kuwait was due to land at 5:00 am but now it will touch down at 11:30 am, flight TK-714 coming from Istanbul will now land at 1:00 pm and British Airways flight BA-259 coming from London will land at 11:00 am after delayed for four hours.
The schedule of the flights leaving Lahore for Jeddah, Kuwait, Doha, Istanbul, London and Karachi was also altered.
Reporter Saeed Ahmad Saeed