India registers over 2.6 lakh domestic air travellers

According to data from the Ministry of Civil Aviation in India on 30 June, there were 2,61,753 passengers who boarded flights in India. 2,562 flights were also made that day.Surprisingly, 1,283 flights were used by more than 1.3 million passengers, according to Hardeep Singh Puri, union aviation minister.Puri stated that domestic flights were operating within strict Covid-19 guidelines, despite the fact that there have been many passengers. Domestic travel has remained slow in spite of the second wave Coronavirus outbreak.According to ICRA, the number of flights between April and May was down to 900 per day. According to the report, the decrease in air travel was also due to the second Covid-19 wave in which people took only emergency flights. Despite the fact that demand was already low airlines were directed to limit their capacity.In the meantime, airlines are insisting that all Covid-19 precautionary measures are maintained and are encouraging people to get vaccinated.