MUMBAI, May 25 — Domestic flights will resume across India today after a day of “hard negotiations,” the federal civil aviation minister said yesterday, after some states sought to limit the number of flights. Flights will restart under an easing of restrictions imposed over the coronavirus,...
A member of the security force checks the ID of a woman through a glass shield, after the government allowed domestic flights to resume from May 25, 2020, at the New Delhi airport, India, May 23, 2020. — Reuters pic
Airlines are preparing to resume about a third of their domestic flight operations from today, even without clarity over what quarantine rules may apply to passengers. “It has been a long day of hard negotiations with various state government to recommence civil aviation operations in the country.....Domestic flights will recommence across the country from tomorrow,” he said.
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