We were spared the devastation as we stopped flights from Covid hostspot countries, says the Civil Aviation Minister.
When can we expect the airlines to resume operations?
As far as the ministry of civil aviation and all the stakeholders in the civil aviation ecosystem are concerned; this includes the ministry of civil aviation, the Airports Authority of India, the airports in different cities; we have been ready to resume domestic civil aviation for the last one week or so. We are absolutely ready and we could start domestic civil aviation at any time with a little bit of notice. Obviously, if you get the green signal today, it will take two or three days for airlines to open bookings and for us to be able to calibrate the number of flights we can start with. However, I want to draw your attention to some basic positions which I have outlined in the last few weeks. I said that civil aviation cannot be divorced from the ground reality. Covid as we are aware came from the outside world. It is not an Indian-grown virus.
