Indian domestic flights resumed operations on May 25, 2020 after being grounded for two months due to the COVID-led lockdown (Photo: PTI) The ministry of civil aviation (MoCA), as per the official statement issued by the ministry on Twitter, has increased the capacity of domestic flights to 65 per cent from 50 per cent on … Read more
The government has also increased the lower limit of the flight fares. On the back of rising Covid-19 cases resulting in air passenger number decline, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has reduced the capacity of domestic flights. It was seen that over the last three months, the number of people travelling in flights were comparatively … Read more
Shares of aviation majors including SpiceJet and InterGlobe Aviation rallied up to 12 per cent in Friday’s early trade after the cap on the number of domestic flights that domestic airlines are permitted to operate was increased from 70 per cent to 80 per cent of their pre-Covid levels. SpiceJet was up 11.86 per cent … Read more
The government had allowed airlines to restart domestic flights from May 25 after a gap of over two months due to the nationwide lockdown triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a positive development for air carriers in India, the government may allow domestic airlines to operate with 75% of their pre-COVID scheduled domestic flights. Civil … Read more