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Turbulent take-off for airlines amid last-minute changes in schedules

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NEW DELHI : Air travel got off to a chaotic restart with fewer than half the scheduled 1,095 flights taking off on Monday, leaving behind scores of angry travellers who had been waiting for nearly two months to get back home or to their jobs.

Airlines scrambled to revise their schedules late on Sunday night as states restricted the number of flights that could take off or land in major hubs such as Mumbai and Chennai, leading to last-minute cancellations.

Finally, only about 532 flights took off, according to civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri. “From no domestic passenger flights yesterday to 532 flights and 39,231 passengers today, action has returned to Indian skies," Puri said in a post on Twitter. “With Andhra Pradesh set to

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