Civil Aviation Minister Indicates Govt Could Resume International Flights Even Before August.

by Maitreyee Gaikwad 3 years ago Views 2183

Civil Aviation Minister Indicates Govt Could Resum

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that India will try to restart a good percentage of international passenger flights before August. He made the comments during a Facebook Live Q&A session.

"I am fully hopeful that before August or September, we will try to start a good percentage of international civil aviation operations, if not complete international operations," Puri said during a Facebook live session. "I can't put a date on it (restarting international flights). But if somebody says can it be done by August or September, my response is why not earlier depending on what is the situation," he said.

The Centre had on Wednesday announced that domestic flight services would resume from Monday in a “calibrated manner”, laying the ground for a gradual resumption of scheduled commercial flight operations that have been suspended due to the COVID-19 lockdown since March 25.

On Thursday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued the COVID-19 guidelines for domestic air passengers, along with a regulated structure for air fares.

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