Civil Air travel minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated on Saturday that industrial global flight operation might start as early as middle of June if the scenario improves and the “infection behaves in a predictable manner.”
During a live chat on Facebook, he said the Centre was in touch with State federal governments to solve the problem being faced by passengers who are likewise “taxpayers” to reach the airport and “keeping the lockdown in extension is not the response.”
Mr. Puri said India went into a lockdown straight and in one of the meetings he argued that “if the lockdown is going to come into effect on day X, I need two-day notice for the U.S” so that Air India aircrafts could return.
” As an optimist I would say why wait till August or September, if scenario relieves or improves, if the infection act in a foreseeable manner, we get used to the idea to co-exist with the virus and make plans … let state we have an enthusiastic goal, why not start middle of June, end- June or July, I understand you will state MHA lockdown is till May 31 … absolutely nothing is written in stone … we are starting the domestic flights fro