Permission soon for the resumption of 75% flight services!
Posted on: 09/Oct/2020 1:40:36 PM
The Central Minister for Air Transport, Hardeep Singh Puri has informed that permission will soon be granted for the resumption of 75% fight services.
Due to the raging spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the services of domestic and international flights were banned since end March as a preventive measure against the spread.
Subsequently, permission was granted for the resumption of domestic flight services from 25th May. On 2nd September, permission was granted to the Airline service companies to resume 60% of their flight services with respect to what was in operation before the lockdown imposition.
In this scenario, Central Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, while having a session with the press reporters, shared:
�The central government is closely monitoring the present domestic air-flight traffic. If there is an increase in the number of domestic flight passengers in the next week or up to the next 10 days, permission will be granted for the resumption of 75% of the usual flight services in operation.�
However, international flight services have been banned since 23rd March. Nevertheless, in order to help the Indians stranded abroad in several countries due to the lockdown situation, flight services to those countries are being organised to get the stranded Indians back.
Further, as per the Memorandum of Understanding signed with some specific countries, international flights to these countries are being allowed.
