Almost 65 per cent of domestic air travel back to pre COVID-19 level: Pradeep Singh Kharola

MUMBAI: Nearly 65 per cent of the domestic air travel has returned to the pre-COVID-19 level and now there is a need to evolve a strategy to bring back the tourism industry on its feet, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Saturday. He was addressing a webinar on ‘Aviation and Tourism-the Road Ahead’ hosted by the Federation of Association of Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH).

Kharola also said in the times of COVID-19 air travel has become a preferred mode of travel for being a safe means of transportation.

“On the first day of resumption of domestic air services (May 25) there were 79,000 people who would travel and we were worried. But gradually it started improving,” he said.