new delhi passengers of some air india express flights the maharajas budget airline seem to have become one of the worst sufferers of delhis fog even if the weather is clear there have been instances this winter when the ai express dubaiamritsardelhi flights have landed here without baggage then passengers have had to return to igi airport later to get their bags that came on other flightsthe airline admits that this has happened 34 times but gives an interesting reason blaming delhis fog for the problemai express uses a boeing 737 on the dubaiamritsardelhi sector nowadays this plane has to carry extra fuel as fog in north india may force it go as far as mumbai to accommodate the extra fuel some baggage may have not been carried on board said an airline spokespersonbut he added that the baggage of such flights is brought here the same day on a daily ai dubaidelhi flight a bigger and wide body aircraft airbus a310 is used on this route and we have brought the ai express baggage on this flight the same day the spokesperson said despite the airlines claims of bringing baggage the same day passengers are learnt to have faced a lot of problems whenever this happened the airline says it will observe fog precautions till early next monthai express is not alonethis winter has seen passenger complaints mount primarily against lowcost carriersthe common complaints were no provision of snacks or beverages for passengers of delayed flights no timely information about delays and lack of facilities at igi but planes coming without baggage is a new dimension to the problems faced by those flying lowcost carriers said airport sourcesasked how long would the sword of fog hang over passengers igi met office director r k jenamani says since jan 3 the airport has light fog in the morning but flights are not affected things are unlikely to change in next three days currently theres no western disturbance that could cause dense fog here till thursdaynow fog hits mumbai even as delhi is basking in the sun low visibility affected flights in mumbai on sunday the citys pollution led to such a heavy smog that the runway could not be used for an hour and many flights got delayed