After imposing a nationwide lockdown for two months, the domestic flight operations will resume from May 25 onwards. Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Puri on Twitter announced that India will start domestic flight operations in a “calibrated manner” from May 25.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation will soon be announcing the standard operating procedure for domestic air travel. The civil aviation minister had previously said that India is fully prepared to start air travel as soon as the Centre gives the green light.
AAI’s directorate of operations said: “Once the lockdown period is declared to be over, airports shall be facilitating limited domestic/international scheduled flights in phases, to start with, maybe at 30 per cent capacity to facilitate required social distancing.” It added initially, airline operations may be limited to Tier-l cities and major Tier-ll cities.