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Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri in a recent interview given to CNN-News18 has confirmed domestic flight service will only start when both arrival and departure cities are in Green Zone. Puri also said that resuming flight service will be a challenging task as the zones keep on changing based on coronavirus cases. The civil aviation ministry is already in discussion with airlines to start scheduled commercial flight services to post lockdown on May 17. Puri said that whenever the flight services will resume, they will resume in a phased manner with domestic airlines operating in the initial phase, followed by international flights. Read Also:  Coronavirus: Know about the fares, you need to pay for evacuation flights Ministry of Civil Aviation earlier announced 64 evacuation flights, all by Air India to bring back stranded Indians. The biggest rescue operation of its times, over 1.9 Lakh citizens are expected to return back to India. The government is addition...

In one of the largest evacuation exercises named “Vande Bharat Mission“, the government will operate 64 flights between May 7 to 13 to bring home nearly 14,800 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. India will send 10 flights to the UAE, seven flights each to the US and the UK, five flights to Saudi Arabia, five to Singapore, and two to Qatar to repatriate Indian nationals, Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. During this period, India will also send seven flights each to Malaysia and Bangladesh, five flights each to Kuwait and Philippines, two flights each to Oman, and Bahrain, Puri added. Read Also:  Indian Navy launched Operation “Samudra Setu” to Repatriate Indian Citizens These special flights will be operated by Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express. The government said only those who test Covid-19 negative would be allowed to travel. Advertisement Priority will be given to “compelling cases in distr...