India announced on Wednesday plans to resume domestic commercial flights starting May 25.
ALL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED ON MARCH 25
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Twitter: “Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from 25 May. All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25 May. SOPs [Standard operating procedures] for passenger movement also being separately issued by Ministry.”
All scheduled commercial passenger flights had been suspended in the country since March 25, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The third phase of the coronavirus lockdown ended in India on May 17 and the fourth phase is to continue until May 31.
“Once the lockdown period is declared to be over, airports shall be facilitating limited domestic/international scheduled flights in phases, to start with, may be at 30 per cent capacity to facilitate required social distancing,” said the AAI in a statement.