Airlines permitted to fly 60% of pre-Covid domestic flights
According to an official order, the government has permitted Indian airlines to increase the number of domestic passenger flights to 60 per cent of their pre-Covid services.
Modifying its previous order of June 26 where it had put the 45 per cent limit on the number of domestic flights, the ministry issued an order stating that, "45 per cent capacity may be read as 60 per cent capacity."
The average occupancy rate in domestic flights since their resumption in India on May 25 has been around 50-60 per cent only. Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in the country since March 23 due to the pandemic. However, special international flights have been operating under Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble pacts signed with various countries since July.
As per the Union health ministry, India's Covid-19 tally of cases reached past 37 lakh yesterday with 78,357 new instances of the disease reported in a day.
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