After 61 days of being grounded by the nationwide lockdown, domestic flights across India finally took off today. Well, not all all flights as nearly a hundred were cancelled across airports in India.
On 17 May all domestic air travel lay suspended when guidelines for the fourth phase of the lockdown were announced. However, just four days later, Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri announced that one-third of domestic flights would be started in a calibrated manner.
While airports limped back to life on Monday, passengers, cab operators and airport staff also had to ensure that the long list of 15 safety protocols including masks, gloves, sanitisers, thermal checking and social distancing had to be adhered to.
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