Delhi Airport flight operations returning to normal as technical issue resolved

NEW DELHI: After flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) experienced major disruptions on Friday due to a technical fault in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said it has successfully addressed the technical issue in the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS).

The Airports Authority of India said in a late night statement on Friday that it "deeply regrets" any inconvenience caused to airlines and passengers and reaffirms its commitment to maintaining the highest standards of operational safety, reliability and service excellence across the nation’s air traffic management network.

According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, upon detection of the issue in the IP-based AMSS system, an urgent review meeting was convened and immediate directions were issued to identify and rectify the root cause of the problem.