New Delhi: The cap on the quantity of domestic flights that Indian airlines are permitted to operate was elevated from 70 per cent to 80 per cent of their pre-COVID levels on Thursday, stated Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
The minister had stated on November 11 that the Indian airlines can operate up to 70 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic passenger flights due to the prevailing demand amid the coronavirus circumstance.
Puri tweeted on Thursday, “Domestic operations recommenced with 30K passengers on 25 May & have now touched a high of 2.52 lakhs on 30 Nov 2020.” “Ministry of Civil Aviation is now allowing domestic carriers to increase their operations from existing 70% to 80% of pre-COVID approved capacity,” he stated.