Mumbai | New Delhi: As India’s skies opened, confusion ruled on the ground. Mostly, only those in dire need flew on Monday — like the five-year-old who flew from Delhi to Bengaluru alone to be reunited with his mother.
Passengers, masked and gloved, often in hazmat suits, had to deal with technical glitches and sudden rule changes. Although about a fifth of the usual 2,500 daily flights were operational, boarding saw long queues as officials dealt with multiple instructions.
All this, plus the difficulty of reaching the airport in cities like Mumbai, and the often impossible-to-understand city travel rules for passengers reaching some Southern cities.
