Hours after Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri claimed that 832 domestic passenger flights operated on Monday May 25, the ministry issued a clarification stating that only 428 domestic flights plied on the day.
This is the third time the ministry has revised the figures for flights that operated on Monday, which was the first day of domestic passenger flights resumption in India. On Monday evening, Puri had said that total 532 flights carrying 39,231 passengers had operated during the day. On Tuesday morning, he revised the figure to 832 flights which carried 58,318 passengers.
The ministry issued an excel sheet on Tuesday evening stating that 428 domestic flights carrying 30,550 passengers departed for their destinations on Monday. It also showed 404 of the 428 flights arrived at their destinations on Monday itself.
