Domestic flights will resume across India on Monday after a day of 'hard negotiations', the federal civil aviation minister said on Sunday, after some states sought to limit the number of flights.
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - Domestic flights will resume across India on Monday after a day of “hard negotiations”, the federal civil aviation minister said on Sunday, after some states sought to limit the number of flights.
Flights will restart under an easing of restrictions imposed over the coronavirus, though the number of new cases rose by a record 24-hour amount on Sunday. The 6,767 new cases took the total to over 131,000. The western state of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu in the south and West Bengal in the east — business hubs and home to India’s busiest airports — had said they were not prepared to open for flights as coronavirus cases rose, state government officials said.
“It has been a long day of hard negotiations with various state government to recommence civil aviation operations in the country.....Domestic flights will recommence across the country from tomorrow,” he said.
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