Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday May 25, 2020. All airports & air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from 25th May.
Speaking to Livemint, union minister for civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, “It’s not viable to keep the middle seat vacant. Even if you keep middle seat vacant you’ll still have a situation where prescribed distance for social distancing isn’t followed. If you were to do it then you’ve to hike up airline ticket price by 33%.”
News agency ANI quoted Puri as saying, “It’s not viable to keep the middle seat vacant. Even if you keep the middle seat vacant you’ll still have a situation where the prescribed distance for social distancing isn’t followed. If you were to do it then you’ve to hike up airline ticket price by 33 per cent.”