New Delhi: Anticipating disruption of air service at Delhi airports due to foggy weather, Air India has re- routed its Delhi-London/New York flights to Mumbai and delayed the departure of its flights to Frankfurt.

"Of the 23 flights operated by Air India (AI) from India to Europe/USA, the change will affect only eight flights during the period December 24, 2003 to February 4, 2004," AI spokesman said.

While passengers of all the five flights operated on the Delhi-London/New York route would be taken to Mumbai the previous evening by a special flight, the departure timings of the three flights to Frankfurt from Delhi has been delayed by almost six hours to help avoid fog.

The other 15 flights - seven to Newark, six to Chicago and two to New York which operate directly from Mumbai would depart as per normal schedule.

PTI