Hardeep Singh Puri bullish on air travel revival

HYDERABAD: Passenger activity in terms of air travel will return to pre-Covid 19 levels either by the end of December or by the beginning of 2021, Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri said during the Indian School of Business – Hyderabad’s Deccan Dialogue event.

Speaking at the event, Puri said, “We opened civil aviation on May 25 — two months and two days after complete lockdown — with 30,000 passengers a day. Two days ago, just before Diwali, we carried 2.25 lakh passengers.”