Coronavirus: India hopes to resume international flights 'before August-September'

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India, international flights, Hardeep Singh Puri

New Delhi - The government had suspended international flights from March 22.

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Published: Sat 23 May 2020, 1:55 PM

Last updated: Sat 23 May 2020, 6:57 PM

India will try to restart a good percentage of international passenger flights before August, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday, three days after announcing resumption of domestic flights from May 25.

All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 when the Modi government imposed a lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.

"I am fully hopeful that before August or September, we will try to start a good percentage of international civil aviation operations, if not complete international operations," Puri said during a Facebook live session.

"I can''t put a date on it (restarting international flights). But if somebody says can it be done by August or September, my response is why not earlier depending on what is the situation," he said.


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