DELHI airport, the country’s busiest airport, plunged into chaos on Friday as more than 800 domestic as well as international flights were delayed due to technical problems with the air traffic control system, sources said. All airline operations at the airport have been impacted and authorities are working to fix the issues.

 

The sources said airlines have cancelled at least around 20 flights. IndiGo, Air India, Air India Express, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air said there are delays in their flights at the Delhi airport due to the issues with the air traffic control system. Later in the evening, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said the technical issue in the air traffic control’s Automatic Message Switching System has been addressed and that the system ‘up and functional now’. AAI also said that due to some backlogs, there may be some delays in the normal functioning of automated operations, but the situation will be normal soon.