The Chennai airport came back to life on Monday after two months of lockdown following the resumption of domestic passenger flights. However, the first day was marred by chaos as over 100 flights were cancelled, leaving hundreds of passengers unable to reach their destinations.
Airport sources mentioned several reasons for the cancellations. The first was the limitation in landing of only 25 flights fixed by the State government. The Chennai airport handled less than 40 flights (landing and Take off) on Monday as against the scheduled plan of nearly 150 flights approved by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Further, many airports, including Mumbai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad, did not operate today. Additionally, there were not enough passengers to fly. A passenger Nithyanandan tweeted “Travelled from Chennai to Coimbatore with the flight not even half occupied.”
