Deserted view of the departure section of T2 terminal of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport during the Janata Curfew in Mumbai on March 22, 2020.

Deserted view of the departure section of T2 terminal of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport during the Janata Curfew in Mumbai on March 22, 2020.|Image Credit: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

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Choice follows PM Modi’s announcement on extension of lockdown.

This means that worldwide flights would have been disallowed for an overall of 42 days and domestic flights for 40 days by May 3. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation prohibited international flights from March 23 and the restriction for domestic flights came into result two days later on, i.e. March 25.