West Bengal government on Wednesday relaxed the restrictions imposed on domestic flight operations in the state. Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in Bengal, the state government earlier banned flight operations to Kolkata airport from six places with high COVID-19 cases till August-end.
These states are Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad.Starting from next month, the state government allowed the flights to operate from these six states but with a rider.
Domestic flights from six COVID-19 hotspots will be permitted thrice a week, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday."We have received several requests to resume flight operations from six COVID hotspot states.