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| Domestic flight services to resume from May 25, Aarogya Setu App mandatory for air travellers | | | NEW DELHI: India will resume domestic flight services from Monday (May 25, 2020) as part of the Centre's gradual reboot of air travel that was halted two months ago on account of a lockdown imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Confirming the development, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, ''There's no contradiction between domestic flights beginning from May 25 and lockdown in India being imposed till May 31.''
Puri further said that the government will try to start a good percentage of international passenger flights before August. The Minister also said that the Centre is planning to bring back Indian citizens from Sri Lanka either by ship or flights. Discussions are at an advanced stage, the Aviation Minister said.
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He also recommended ''Aarogya Setu app for everyone'' saying, ''it's an excellent contact-tracing device."
According to reports, the first domestic flight will take off from Terminal 3 of Delhi airport around 4.30 early morning. In the first phase, 28 domestic flights will take off from Delhi for various destinations across the country.
The air travellers have been advised to carry their boarding passes along with them. It has also been made mandatory for the air travellers to upload the Aarogya Setu App in the mobile phones failing which they will have to sign an undertaking that they are free from Coronavirus infection.
In a tweet, the Civil Aviation had earlier hinted about the early resumption of domestic passenger flight operations from May 25 which has created a buzz in the airline sector. Puri said that the government will come out with the Standard Operating Procedure for airports and airlines very soon.
Indigo, one of India’s major air carrier, has announced its readiness to resume services from the scheduled day of the restart - May 25. On the other hand, SpiceJet has welcomed the government’s views to recommence domestic civil aviation operations from May 25. |
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