Regular flight operations at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong were disrupted for around two and a half hours yesterday due to dense fog.
Schedule of two international flights and at least four domestic flights were delayed, said sources at the airport.
Shah Amanat International Airport Manager Wing Commander Noor-E-Alam said flight operations was halted from 7am to 9:30am as it was too foggy for flights to operate.
He said: “Two international flights of the national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Abu Dhabi was scheduled to land at the airport at 8:20am while another flight of Air Arabia from Sharjah was scheduled to land forty minutes later.”
“The flights were scheduled to stop in Chittagong then go to Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka,” he added.
However, the two flights later made a landing at the Chittagong airport around 11am after the weather improved.
Meanwhile, landing of four domestic flights was delayed by one to two hours, he added.
Chittagong Met Office said the lowest temperature recorded in Chittagong was 15.1 degrees Celsius yesterday.
The weather situation suddenly deteriorated on Friday and the gaps between the maximum and minimum temperatures came down to only three degrees Celsius on an average.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 16.5 and 13.4 degrees respectively in the country yesterday.
