Visibility reduced due to severe fog in New Delhi and Northern India; IGI Airport SpiceJet passengers advised:

The capital city of New Delhi and other parts of Northern India are experiencing their first spell of winter with plummeting temperatures and dense fog. The poor visibility has disrupted travel and other outdoor activities.

The extreme fog and low temperatures are already pairing with poor air quality in Delhi, making the situation even more dire for those with respiratory issues.

Air travel conditions are already being disrupted. Users of Delhi’s IGI airport are being advised to contact their airlines to ensure flights are still conducting travel. Even if travel is still being conducted, travel may be impacted in both the departure and arrival locations of flights.

SpiceJet is the latest low-cost airline in India and is urging passengers to be patient when faced with travel delays. Most flights in New Delhi and Northern India are expected to be delayed due to low visibility in other parts of Northern India as well.

Several travellers received messages from Spicejet airlines stating, “#TravelAdvisory (Dec 24 2025) – SpiceJet is anticipating delays & cancellations due to weather (high fog) in Delhi (DEL), Amritsar (ATQ), Jammu (IXJ), Ayodhya (AYJ), Gorakhpur (GOP), Varanasi (VNS), Darbhanga (DBR), Patna (PAT), Guwahati (GAU) and Bagdogra (IXB) for all arrivals/departures and connections Flights. We kindly ask that you verify your flight status via our website, “

On Tuesday, Delhi International Airport’s (DIAL) visibility of less than 200 metres due to fog led to 10 flight cancellations (about 277 additional flights were delayed) due to air traffic control (ATC) regulations throughout the day.

The visibility situation is such that the fog covers areas of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. According to the IMD, from today and for the next coming days, the nationals of the northern states will be in need of very dense fog warnings until 27th December.

On Tuesday, 2 motorcycles were to be removed from the scene of two unrelated crashes due to the increased risk of low visibility, fog. These were the two victims in the crashes that resulted in the deaths of the drivers, who were adults, of the motorcycles which were involved. The accidents took place on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida. The two deceased were riding motorcycles when they were struck in both of the accidents by vehicles that were not identifiable.

Amethi accident caused the deaths of two people

On Tuesday, there was an accident involving six vehicles in the Musafirkhana police area of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, close to an underpass. Visibility was very low due to fog, and two people died in the accident.

Still no improvement in Delhi air

Air in Delhi is still very dangerous, and the Air Quality Index (AQI) is more than 400, which is  in the ‘severe’ category for most of the area. Even with restrictions from the government, the air is still bad  and is very dangerous, with 28 of the 40 monitoring stations showing that  there is bad air, with levels more than 400.

Delhi AQI monitoring stations

Mundka- 435

Anand Vihar- 455

Dwarka- 430

Narela- 400

Punjabi Bagh- 421

THIS- 410

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