New Delhi: The government has allowed an airline to operate a little – 7.5% to be right – domestic flights.
The airline can now operate 72.5% of their pre-covid domestic capacity, up from 65% permitted on July 5, 2021.
During the pandemic, the aircraft ministry has regulated domestic rates and tweaked capacities in accordance with the Covid situation.
With it, the second wave ambers, domestic capacity – reduced from 80% pre-covid up to 50% on June 1 – first increased to 65% on July 5 and now to 72.5%.
The entire travel industry, including airlines and hotels, realizes that their survival rests on domestic travelers because international trips can take a long time to open both ways – Indian tourists are permitted in most countries and foreign tourists are allowed to enter India.
This fact is also recognized by government institutions.
For example, paper consulting the airport economic regulatory authority at Hyderabad Airport (HIAL) tariff said: “Authority has looked into the trend of traffic in HIAL and observed that traffic at Hyderabad airports was dominated by the domestic segment (around 81% of total traffic for five The last year is domestic passengers).
Authority argues that post-pandemic traffic recovery at Hyderabad airport will be led by the domestic segment and can recover at a faster growth rate than other large airports that tend to have a higher part of international traffic.
” While the norms for international travel will be determined by each country different for visitors from other countries depending on the situation of the pandemic in every place, the travel industry has been looking for uniform norms for domestic trips.
Industrial leaders say RT-PCR testing requirements must be carried out for domestic trips to be fully vaccinated in uniform throughout the country.
“Until now, there are several rules for traveling from one Indian country to another country.
It is confusing for travelers and many decide to delay the trip that is not important.
There must be one rule – no RT-PCR testing is needed if fully vaccinated – for domestic trips .
This single step will have a multiplier effect on the trip, “said a hotel.