Cyclone Tauktae precautions: Surat, Vadodara airports suspend operations

As part of precautions owing to the cyclone Tauktae, the operations at Vadodara and Surat airports were suspended by the respective authorities till Tuesday 1 pm.

The Vadodara airport initially suspended its operations from afternoon to 6 pm on Monday, but later extended the suspension until 1pm on Tuesday, Airport Director K Gupta told The Indian Express.

According to Gupta, in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, several private airlines had already suspended their operations and only two civilian flights have been operating from the airport for a few weeks now.

Gupta said, “We have about six to eight scheduled flights usually but owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Indigo has suspended all its flights to and from Vadodara until May 31.