Coronavirus lockdown | India to resume domestic air travel services from May 25

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Wednesday that domestic airline operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from May 25. Taking to his Twitter page, Mr. Hardeep further added saying all airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from May 25 with standard operating procedures (SOPs) for passenger movement as well being prepared for issuance by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020.

All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May.

SOPs for passenger movement are also being separately issued by @MoCA_GoI.

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 20, 2020

Yesterday, Puri tweeted saying, "It is not up to Ministry of Civil Aviation or centre alone to decide on resuming domestic flights. In the spirit of cooperative federalism, the govt of states where these flights will take off & land should be ready to allow civil aviation operations." Domestic airline operations across the country will for the first time resume after a period of exactly two months when the nationwide lockdown was imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from March 25. The ongoing lockdown is in its fourth phase and has been announced to come to an end on May 31 with relaxations already seen in plenty at present in areas that are not in the red zone including the containment zones.