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India's domestic air passenger traffic reaches over half of pre-Covid levels: Official
Amethi: India's domestic passenger traffic has reached more than half of pre-coronavirus pandemic level operations with the number of daily air travellers crossing over two lakh in November, a top official of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) said on Saturday.MOCA Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said when flights resumed after a hiatus of two months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there were only 30,000 air passengers on the first day but the number reached over two lakh on November 2.He also said almost 100% of bookings and check-ins are now happening through the web and hailed the country's aviation fraternity for adapting “very well" to the “new normal".“When we opened domestic aviation about five-six months back, in the month of