Airlines to operate at 45% capacity
NEW DELHI : Domestic airlines, which were allowed to operate at up to a third of their total capacity when they resumed operations last month, can now increase the number of flights to as much as 45% of their capacity, regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Friday.
It isn’t clear how this will affect airlines as most of them are still operating at 20-25% of capacity with travel demand remaining muted because of fears of contracting covid-19 and the collapse of business travel.
Indian airlines resumed domestic operations from 25 May, after being grounded for two months during a government-backed lockdown to contain the covid-19 pandemic.
