The domestic airlines can operate maximum 60% of their pre-coronavirus passenger flights till 24 February, 2021, the civil aviation ministry said on Wednesday. The decision came in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The ministry had resumed domestic passenger services from 25 May, after a gap of two months due to a nationwide CVOID-19 lockdown. At that time, the airlines were allowed to operate 33% of their pre-COVID domestic flights. Later in June, the ministry had permitted the airlines to operate a maximum of 45% of their pre-COVID domestic flights. The civil aviation ministry issued an order on 2 September stating that, “45% capacity may be read as 60% capacity.”
The civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri earlier extended the cap on domestic airfares till 24 February. In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, the aviation ministry implemented a cap on domestic airfare till 24 November.
