Domestic flights resumed in India Monday after two-month hiatus
New Delhi:
A total of 460 domestic flights carrying 34,336 passengers were operated on Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced today.
Domestic flights resumed on Monday in India after an interval of two months. A total of 428 and 445 domestic services were operated in the country on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
In February this year, when the lockdown was not enforced, about 4.12 lakh passengers traveled daily on domestic flights to India, according to data from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
In the run-up to the foreclosure, Indian airports handled about 3,000 domestic flights a day, aviation industry sources said.
“India is flying high. Figures for domestic operations for May 27, 2020 (until 11:59 p.m.): departures 460 with 34,336 passengers processed. Arrivals 464 with 33,525 passengers processed,” Puri said on Twitter.
If a flight takes off before midnight and lands in another airport after midnight, its departure and arrival are counted on different days, which results in an apparent discrepancy in the figures for a particular day.
International passenger flights remain suspended in the country. All scheduled domestic passenger services were suspended in India from March 25 to May 24 due to restrictions following the coronavirus pandemic.
