Bad weather results delay in 14 flight departures from SVPI

Fourteen flight departures from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport here were delayed on Tuesday.

The affected flights were two each to Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi and one flight each to Dubai, Ayodhya, Kochi and Bengaluru.

The Dubai-bound flight was delayed by two hours.

The domestic flights were delayed by between 45 minutes and three hours.

According to sources, poor weather in parts of the country due to thunderstorms and unseasonal rainfall caused the delays.