Two flights were cancelled, five were diverted and 84 were delayed when Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) was in force for around 11 hours, the official said.
Three international and one domestic flights were diverted due to poor visibility in dense fog at Delhi's IGI.
According to an order by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) will be able to charge a Passenger Service Fee at the rate of Rs 77 per departing passenger.
According to flight data of ixigo, Delhi-Bengaluru ticket that costs Rs 11,044 on normal days, would rise up to Rs 13,702 on average.
The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after 'satisfactory' security checks.
The airport is 16th among the world's top 20 busiest aerodromes in terms of passengers handled on an annual basis.
Most of these structures were in the form of permanent buildings and the only way to address the issue was through mitigation, the sources said.
Confirming the incident, an Air India spokesperson said it was a "rare occurrence" and that only two passengers were affected.
No one was injured in the incident that took place around 8 pm when the Jet airways flight, coming from Dubai, arrived at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
All the passengers are safe and all standard operating procedures were put into action during the emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport at 6:10 pm, DIAL spokesperson said.
Following the incident, several passengers took to social media to vent their anger over the inordinate delays in baggage clearance.
"Update for travellers at @DelhiAirport : Due to some protest by the baggage handling & screening team, baggage are being mishandled. Around 3,000 bags have been left behind. Expect delay and some inconvenience," a passenger tweeted.
The airline will operate flights to Bengaluru, Chennai, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Raipur, Srinagar, Bagdogra, Udaipur,Vadodara and Vishakhapatnam from T2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. These flights will be numbered from 6E 2000 to 6E 2999
Also rail and road services have been badly affected. As many as 20 trains have been rescheduled, while 15 others coming to the national capital cancelled. A total of 56 trains have also been delayed today due to poor visibility.
The civilian operations from the IAF air base in Ghaziabad are likely to start during the winter schedule, which comes into effect from the last Sunday of October
Flight operations at Delhi airport were temporarily halted on Sunday after a pilot reported about spotting a drone in the area
The cargo terminal of Delhi Airport was reportedly cordoned off on Wednesday morning after a suspicious material was recovered by the authorities
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