India has operated a total of 501 domestic flights in one week, the civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today. At least 44,593 passengers took flights till May 31, the civil aviation minister added.
The domestic flight services in India resumed on May 25 after a gap of nearly two months. India suspended the flight operations in the last week of March in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in the country.
India has also evacuated over 50,000 stranded citizens from across the world. The country will increase the number of flights operated under the "Vande Bharat Mission", Puri added.
The country is gearing up to exit the nationwide lockdown in a phased manner. The new guidelines will also help "gradual and calibrated reopening of