All 32 Flights Operating from Vizag Airport Cancelled due to Cyclone Montha

Visakhapatnam Airport Director N Purushottam said that two Air India Express flights were canceled on October 27. “In fact, we operate 30 to 32 departures (flights) daily, domestic and international. Today, all these flights have been cancelled,” Purushottam told PTI.

Apart from two Air India Express flights canceled on Monday, the remaining 30 flights were operated on October 27, he said. He also said that the airport has taken precautions to protect from severe cyclonic storm covering pre-cyclone and post-cyclone phases as per Airports Authority of India (AAI) guidelines.

Similarly, Vijayawada Airport canceled 16 flights today but managed to operate five flights. “Only one flight was canceled yesterday (Monday) to Vizag. However, today 16 flights were canceled across the country to various destinations including Delhi, Mumbai,” said Lakshmikanth Reddy, Director of Vijayawada Airport.

According to Reddy, while the airlines have decided to suspend their operations for today, he added that clarity about tomorrow’s flight operations may emerge by the evening.

Similarly, four flights were canceled at Tirupati Airport. Meanwhile, a railway official said that a total of 120 trains were canceled in the South Central Railway (SCR) Zone on October 27 and Tuesday.