Overview
- Volcanic ash from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi eruption moved into India on Monday evening, passing over Gujarat, Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR at roughly 100–120 km/h with layers as high as about 45,000 feet.
- India’s aviation regulator directed carriers to avoid ash-affected areas and flight levels, revise routing and fuel plans, report any ash encounters, and have airports inspect runways and aprons with operations paused if contamination is found.
- Air India canceled several flights while conducting precautionary checks, Akasa Air scrapped services to Jeddah, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi for Nov 24–25, KLM canceled its Amsterdam–Delhi rotation, and an IndiGo Kannur–Abu Dhabi flight (6E 1433) diverted to Ahmedabad.
- At Delhi airport, at least seven international flights were canceled and 12 delayed, even as the IMD said surface air-quality impacts should be limited because the plume sits mainly at 10–15 km, though hazy skies and slightly higher minimum temperatures are possible.
- The Toulouse VAAC reported the eruption has ceased but the ash plume continues drifting east; the IMD projects it will clear Indian airspace by roughly 7:30 pm Tuesday on a track toward China.