Indigo has maximum number of CAT-IIIB equipped aircraft

Indigo owns the maximum number of aircraft laced with CAT-IIIB system, which helps in dealing with low visibility during takeoff and landing, followed by Air India and Jet Airways in the second and third position respectively, Parliament was informed today.
Indigo has 96 such aircraft, followed by Air India 84, Jet Airways 51 and Go Air 19, Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Interestingly, Alliance Air, Jet Lite and Spicejet does not have even a single CAT-IIIB compliant aircraft.
Raju further said that Air Asia and Vistara A320 aircraft are by default CAT-IIIB compliant. However, they have to undergo DGCA approval process.

To avoid delays and cancellation during low visibility, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed all scheduled domestic airlines to ensure aircraft deployment to/from Delhi during low visibility conditions are CAT-III compliant and both the commander and co-pilot are also CAT -III trained.
Raju further noted that operators have been advised to reschedule flights of non-CAT-III complaint aircraft to/from IGI Airport, Delhi between 1000 hours to 2000 hours, and in case the visibility conditions are not favourable, passengers have to be informed well in advance to avoid inconvenience.
However, he clarified that the government has not taken a decision to impose ban on the flights of the small aircrafts of all the airlines in fog prone zones during winter.

As per the information provided by Delhi International Airports Limited (DIAL) many as 42 flights were cancelled between December 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 due to fog at IGI airport, Delhi.