Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today has announced that the limit on the number of domestic flights that were put on Indian airlines is revoked and they can operate up to 70 per cent to 80 per cent of their pre-COVID levels.
Mr Puri on November 11 had said that the Indian airlines can fly up to 70 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic passenger flights after the demand for flights were rising.
Mr Puri tweeted today saying, "Domestic operations recommenced with 30K passengers on 25 May & have now touched a high of 2.52 lakhs on 30 Nov 2020."
He added, "Ministry of Civil Aviation is now allowing domestic carriers to increase their operations from existing 70% to 80% of pre-COVID approved capacity.”
After two months of gap due to coronavirus pandemic, the scheduled domestic passenger flights were resumed from May 25. However, the airlines were permitted to operate only 33% of their pre-COVID domestic flights.
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Later the number was increased to 45 per cent on June 26 and further to 60% on September 2.
It was increased to 70 per cent on November 11.