NEW DELHI : State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) expects about a third of total flights to be operational immediately after the current lockdown is lifted, with flight operations limited between major cities before being gradually scaled up.
According to a standard operational procedure (SOP) guidelines prepared by AAI, which was shared with station heads and senior officials of the public sector company, airports will be facilitating limited domestic and international scheduled flights in phases at 30% capacity to facilitate required social distancing, once the lockdown is lifted. "Based on the social distancing norms, airports will work out the terminal building capacity and forward it to CHQ (central headquarters) so that slot