Flights will be at pre-Covid levels by Diwali: Hardeep Singh Puri, aviation minister
New Delhi: Flights across India will return to pre-Covid levels by Diwali, said aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri, adding that restarting economic activity was critical as extending the lockdown could be “more devastating than Covid” for the country.
“By Diwali (in November), we will have all our 650 aircraft operated by Indian carriers (flying),” Puri said in an interview. “This may sound optimistic but what else we are going to do?”
He said the country’s recovery rate from Covid-19 was higher than those of other nations.
