New Delhi (NVI): Domestic flight operations will resume in a calibrated manner from May 25, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today, adding that SOPs for passenger movement are being separately issued.
Taking to Twitter, the minister said that all airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from May 25. Anticipating the gradual resumption of domestic flight operations, airports across the country have already taken necessary measures regarding maintaining social distancing norms on their premises.
“Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020. All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May. SOPs for passenger movement are also being separately issued by @MoCA_GoI,” Puri tweeted.
Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020.
All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May.
SOPs for passenger movement are also being separately issued by @MoCA_GoI.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 20, 2020
With this, the domestic flights will be resuming after around two months, since their suspension on March 25. Only cargo flights, medical evacuation flights and special flights approved by the DGCA were allowed to operate after the lockdown.
However, no announcement has been made regarding international flight operations and they remain suspended till further orders.
