In all, aviation services can’t hope to operate at their pre-covid capacity Interstate passenger transport resumes on Tuesday, as railway services are flagged off from Delhi to 15 destinations across India.
But why should domestic air travel be left out? The economy needs to reopen, and for this, the skies need to open up again. It’s possible that a fully enclosed tube flying at an altitude would bear greater risk of corona contagion than an airy train compartment.
Travellers who are ready to fly, however, should now be allowed to. After all, flights are being operated from overseas under the Vande Bharat repatriation scheme.