Over 1 cr travelled by air since May 25: Hardeep Singh Puri

Sep 26,2020

Domestic civil aviation has been encouragingly looking up as the government today announced that over one crore passengers have traveled by air since resumption of operations on May 25 and the number of flights touched one lakh mark during the period.

“More than one crore passengers have flown on 1,08,210 flights since recommencement of domestic operations on May 25,” the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement quoting Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

According to the Civil Aviation minister, the domestic aviation was moving towards pre-Covid figures and congratulated all stakeholders on achieving this milestone in India’s journey towards creating an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

The minister said on September 24, the total number of departing passengers was 1,19,702 and the total number of arriving passengers during this period was 1,21,126. He added that total departures were 1,393, whereas arrivals were 1,394, which together accounted for movements of 2,787 flights.