{"id":23506,"date":"2025-11-08T05:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/flight-operations-at-delhi-airport-gradually-improving-hours-after-atc-hit-by-technical-snag\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:50:20","slug":"flight-operations-at-delhi-airport-gradually-improving-hours-after-atc-hit-by-technical-snag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/flight-operations-at-delhi-airport-gradually-improving-hours-after-atc-hit-by-technical-snag\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight operations at Delhi Airport \u2018gradually improving\u2019 hours after ATC hit by technical snag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Over 800 flights were delayed, and hundreds of passengers were left stranded at Delhi&#8217;s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), one of India&#8217;s busiest, on Friday due to a significant technical glitch in the air traffic control system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/india\/delhi-air-traffic-control-disruption-spreads-to-mumbai-jaipur-other-cities-300-flights-affected-19748277.htm\">The Automatic Message Switching System<\/a> (AMSS), a crucial Air Traffic Control (ATC) network that feeds data into the Auto Track System (ATS), which creates flight plans, broke down, causing the disruption that started late on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Later, on Friday, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said that automated operations may experience minor delays due to backlogs, but things will soon return to normal.<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update on Technical Fault at IGI Airport, New Delhi<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nNEW DELHI, November 7, 2025 &#8211; AAI at Indira Gandhi International Airport addressed a technical issue in the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), which caused delays in processing flight plan messages. The issue was\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAI_Official\/status\/1986817546000249230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the latest advisory on November 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/tags\/delhi-airport.htm\">Delhi Airport<\/a> said that the flight operations are \u2018gradually improving\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Flight tracking website Flightradar 24 reported that 129 flights (53 arrivals and 76 departures) experienced delays on Saturday, compared to almost 800 on Friday.<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn its statement this morning, the Delhi Airport said, \u201cThe technical issue which affected the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS), that supports the Air Traffic Control flight planning process, is gradually improving. Airline operations at Delhi Airport are returning to normal, and all concerned authorities are working diligently to minimise any inconvenience caused. Passengers are advised to stay in touch with their airlines for the latest flight update.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Passenger Advisory issued at 06:36 Hours<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DelhiAirport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">#DelhiAirport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PassengerAdvisory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">#PassengerAdvisory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DELAdvisory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">#DELAdvisory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7AB6ewJoA7\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">pic.twitter.com\/7AB6ewJoA7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelhiAirport\/status\/1986963732547969061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">November 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, IndiGo Airlines has also issued an advisory saying the flight operations are \u2018progressively\u2019 being restored at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to share that the temporary AMSS system outage affecting Air Traffic Control has now been resolved, and normal operations are being progressively restored at Delhi Airport and other impacted airports in the northern region,\u201d it said.<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/6ETravelAdvisory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">#6ETravelAdvisory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWe are pleased to share that the temporary AMSS system outage affecting Air Traffic Control has now been resolved, and normal operations are being progressively restored at Delhi Airport and other impacted airports in the northern region.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiGo6E\/status\/1986848063521231355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"anchorLink\">November 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, Delhi Airport witnessed more than 500 flight delays, which increased to over 800 flights by Friday. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) stated that while technical failures are uncommon, flight safety was &#8220;never compromised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no impact on aircraft already in the air. The disruption was purely related to the pre-departure message flow and flight plan processing,\u201d an official was quoted as saying by NDTV.<\/p>\n<p>The technical issue also had an impact on several airports, including Hyderabad, where multiple aircraft were delayed due to poor ATC operations, NDTV reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jsx-a1f7f0abdc69a52 content-info\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-a1f7f0abdc69a52\">(Edited by : <!-- -->Sudarsanan Mani<!-- -->)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First Published:\u00a0<!-- -->Nov 8, 2025 10:46 AM<!-- --> IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/travel\/flight-operations-at-delhi-airport-gradually-improving-hours-after-atc-hit-by-technical-snag-19750028.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 800 flights were delayed, and hundreds of passengers were left stranded at Delhi&#8217;s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), one of India&#8217;s busiest, on Friday due to a significant technical glitch in the air traffic control system. 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