India has extended the ban on capacity addition and capping of fare by airlines till November 24 amid growing coronavirus cases in the country.
On June 26, the government had had allowed airlines to increase flights upto 45% of their total capacity, from the initial cap of one- third of their total capacity.
However, faced with localised lockdowns in various states, airlines have found it difficult to even fly even 30 per cent of their original capacity.
A government official said that the extension of capacity ban was dynamic in nature and would depend on how the coronavirus behaved. “Cases are now going up in Chennai and Kolkata while they are plateauing in Delhi and Mumbai. So restrictions on flight capacity will depend on that and permission from state government. We want to increase capacity,” said a government official.
