{"id":57073,"date":"2026-02-04T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandair-announces-flight-delays-to-and-from-kigali-due-to-heavy-fog\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:25:37","slug":"rwandair-announces-flight-delays-to-and-from-kigali-due-to-heavy-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandair-announces-flight-delays-to-and-from-kigali-due-to-heavy-fog\/","title":{"rendered":"RwandAir announces flight delays to and from Kigali due to heavy fog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The airline shared the update on X account, on February 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to heavy fog causing low visibility at Kigali International Airport, some flights to and from Kigali may experience delays,\u201d the statement read. RwandAir sincerely apologized for any inconvenience this may cause to affected passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Under international aviation regulations and safety standards, adverse weather conditions, such as dense fog that reduces visibility below safe operational minimums, are a valid and recognized reason for airlines to delay, divert, or suspend flights. <\/p>\n<p>Pilots and air traffic control prioritize safety, and proceeding in unsafe conditions could pose serious risks, including potential accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Common weather-related triggers for such disruptions include heavy rainfall, strong crosswinds, dense fog, thunderstorms, extreme temperatures, or any factors deemed hazardous by aviation authorities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-101585\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda&#039;s national carrier, RwandAir has announced that some flights to and from Kigali may experience delays due to heavy fog causing low visibility at Kigali International Airport.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda&#8217;s national carrier, RwandAir has announced that some flights to and from Kigali may experience delays due to heavy fog causing low visibility at Kigali International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000101584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000101584,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gmkm8stwqaatan6.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000101584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57073"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57073"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}