Air India released a comprehensive travel advisory on the evening of January 7, 2026, cautioning thousands of passengers about imminent widespread disruptions to flight schedules caused by a thick blanket of dense fog shrouding Delhi and extensive areas of northern India, severely curtailing visibility and triggering a domino effect across the airline's entire domestic and connecting international routes.

The airline detailed its vigilant real-time monitoring of evolving meteorological conditions while deploying an array of preemptive protocols aimed at mitigating passenger hardship, prominently featuring the reactivation of its specialized FogCare program tailored to address the recurrent challenges posed by North India's intense winter fog season.

Through the FogCare framework, individuals holding bookings on routes projected to encounter fog-induced impacts are proactively notified via multiple channels and extended generous alternatives, including cost-free rescheduling to later dates or complete cancellations entitling them to unrestricted full refunds absent any deduction or fees.

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Travelers with itineraries involving departures or transits on January 8 received explicit recommendations to consult the airline's dedicated flight status portal for the most current updates prior to commencing their journey to the airport, alongside allowances for significantly extended ground travel durations owing to impaired road visibility and congested traffic.

At Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, operations persisted under the rigorous CAT III Instrument Landing System parameters that permit precision approaches in near-zero visibility scenarios through advanced avionics and specially trained crews, yet officials conceded inevitable delays and occasional diversions as the national capital marked its inaugural 'cold day' of the winter with daytime highs languishing 4.5 to 6.4 degrees below seasonal averages.

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