Operations of Air India returned to normal with 18 of its flights taking off from the national capital.

"Flight operations have returned to normal and 18 of our morning flights have taken off for various destinations as per schedule," an airlines official said.

The airlines' flights to Southeast Asia operated as per schedule.

 Air India also operated its Delhi-Frankfurt- Chicago, Mumbai-Frankfurt-Chicago, Mumbai-London, Delhi- London, Amritsar-London-Toronto and Ahmedabad-Frankfurt flights on Thursday morning.(ddn)

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