Centre to hold talks with airlines on Wednesday

Wednesday - December 16, 2020 9:24 am , Category : BUSINESS

New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Centre on Wednesday will hold a consultative meet with domestic airlines amid the ongoing pandemic.

Industry Sources say the consultative process is used to gauge the impact of Covid-19, to restore capacity and regional connectivity.

Recently, the Centre has allowed airlines to deploy up to 80 per cent of their pre-Covid flight capacity.

In terms of numbers, the domestic passenger traffic has gradually risen from 30,000 on May 25 to 2.52 lakh on November 30.

The domestic flight services were suspended from March 25 till May 25.

However, the international flight services still remain suspended except for special and 'air bubble' flights.

--IANS rv/dpb

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