The country recorded more than 5,600 new cases in its biggest single-day spike during the pandemic.
India to resume domestic flights in “calibrated manner” starting Monday
India’s domestic flight operations will resume next Monday “in a calibrated manner,” the country’s Civil Aviation Minister announced today.
All airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from May 25, minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted on Wednesday.
The operating procedures for passenger movements will be issued separately, he said.
Some context: Domestic flights in India were grounded in late March, when the country went into its first phase of coronavirus lockdown.
Meanwhile, a day after India passed 100,000 coronavirus cases nationwide, it has once again recorded its highest single-day jump with 5,611 positive cases today.
More than 2.5 million tests have so far been carried out in India, according to an announcement by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Featured image: Air India crew exit Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, on May 18, 2020 in Kolkata, India. The first repatriation flight from Bangladesh to West Bengal under the Vande Bharat Mission initiative lalded in Kolkata today. (Photo by Samir Jana/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)