Local reports indicated that more than 150 domestic and international flights to and from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport(DEL) have been delayed, diverted or cancelled amidst dense fog in the Indian capital for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, 17 December.

The reduced visibility also affected land travel, with dozens of trains to and from New Delhi being delayed or cancelled, and reports of vehicular traffic disruptions in the capital and in other affected areas of northern India, including Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and north-west Rajasthan.

Mist and fog is again forecast to affect parts of the UK tomorrow (Thursday 12 December). Please either check with your airline, via their website, or call our out-of-hours team on +44 20 3130 9767.

Our office opens at 0830 tomorrow, please call us for further assistance.

Flights have been barred from landing at Stansted Airport this morning (Tuesday 10th December), after equipment was damaged by an incoming aircraft.

The Gulfstream G550 jet damaged part of the Essex airport’s instrument landing system (ILS) but landed safely.

Air accident investigators are investigating the “incident”, which happened earlier.

The airport said departing flights had been unaffected but there were likely to be delays and cancellations because of disruption to inbound flights.

An airport spokesman said: “NATS, who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ILS equipment, have engineers on site and are currently working to the resolve the issue and return the airfield to normal operations as quickly as possible.

“As a result, flights will be subject to delay and cancellations so passengers are advised to check their flight status on their airline website.

“We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.”

The ILS is a radio beam transmitter that incoming aircraft can follow in order to land in poor visibility.

Please see the message below from British Airways received one hour ago.

At 06:15 this morning the baggage system at London Heathrow (LHR) suffered a failure resulting in flights departing with no baggage and those customers with bags to check-in were not accepted to travel. The baggage system is now back up and running and all bags will be re-flighted to their final destination today.

For customers who travelled but their baggage did not:

• We’re currently in the process of processing these bags and they will be delivered today

• Customers should be encouraged to raise a lost baggage report when they arrive at their destination.

Customers who were not accepted to travel due to the baggage failure at LHR today:

• Any customers who were not accepted for travel this morning due to the baggage failure can be rebooked following the standard cancellation guidelines.