Govt allows more flights on domestic routes, extends bar on international routes
Hindustan TimesThe ministry of civil aviation has given its nod to increase capacity of domestic flight operations to 45% from 33% allowed at present. The order has revised the Centre’s earlier order issued on May 21 restricting capacity utilisation of domestic flights to a third of the approved summer schedule. “In partial modification on the order issued on May 21, after review of the current status of scheduled domestic operations viz-viz passenger demand for air travel…one third capacity may be read as 45%,” the order noted. Domestic flights were allowed to resume from May 25, two months after a blanket suspension since the first lockdown was announced while only international repatriation flights and cargo flights have been allowed by the government. This also comes a week after union civil aviation minister Hardeep Puri said that he was hopeful of resuming domestic flights to full capacity by year end, adding that a decision on international flights may be taken when domestic air traffic reaches 50-55 % of its pre-Covid capacity.
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