States ready to resume flights, conditions apply
One-third of domestic flight operations will begin on Monday after a gap of nearly two months with state-specific rules on arrival and safety protocol for passengers
Karnataka
Anyone coming from six states with “high prevalence” of Covid-19 (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh) will be kept in institutional quarantine for seven days Those testing negative will have to spend the next seven days in home quarantine Passengers from remaining states will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine
Maharashtra
The Mumbai airport will deal with only 50 domestic flights per day from Monday Even those without symptoms likely to get home quarantine stamp Those coming for short trips likely to be exempt
West Bengal
Kolkata and Bagdogra airports will resume domestic services from May 28 Operations will begin with each handling only 20 flights a day Asymptomatic passengers will be permitted to pass on the condition that they monitor their health for 14 days
Punjab
Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh says all incoming passengers will be put in home quarantine for 14 days
Those found symptomatic will be kept in isolation and Covid-19 test will be conducted on them
Goa
On arrival, passengers will be given an option of getting themselves tested for Rs 2,000 or they may opt for a mandatory 14-day home quarantine if they do not have symptoms If found having symptoms, passengers will be tested
Chhattisgarh
Even those without symptoms will have to be in home quarantine or hotel quarantine
Bihar
No provision for quarantining asymptomatic passengers
Jammu and Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government has said all incoming passengers will have to undergo “administrative quarantine” for a fortnight
Tamil Nadu
Passengers to register themselves on govt portal (TNePass) Even those asymptomatic will have to undergo 14-day home quarantine
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Telangana won’t stop asymptomatic passengers
All symptomatic passengers arriving in Andhra will be under quarantine Those asymptomatic will be in home isolation for 14 days
Also, services in Andhra will resume from May 26
Kerala
Entry passes a must for all domestic passengers State has opened a website for this Those who come without this pass will have to undergo a 14-day institutional quarantine
For business travellers and others who are coming for a brief stopover, quarantine is not necessary
Assam
All incoming passengers will have to undergo facility and/or home quarantine for a total 14 days
Those who test negative will be allowed to go home earlier; but they will have to be in isolation till the completion of 14 days
Uttarakhand
Depending on a passenger’s health examination and travel history, a decision will be taken
Rajasthan
People arriving at Jaipur airport will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine Those coming for business and those with a negative report will be allowed to move around after seven days
Madhya Pradesh
Passengers will have to go to government facility for Covid-19 testing if they have symptoms Only passengers testing positive will be kept in institutional quarantine for 10 days
Odisha
Twelve flights will begin operating from the Bhubaneswar airport from Monday, while three from Jharsuguda airport
If someone is coming for 3 days or 72 hours, no mandatory quarantine is required If someone is going out for 72 hours, there’s no need of quarantine after coming back within three days For others, 14-day quarantine, home or institutional, is mandatory
Himachal Pradesh
Resident passengers arriving will undergo thermal screening and will be quarantined for 28 days —7 days will be institutional and 21 days at home Non-resident passengers will not be allowed entry and will be sent back from an institutional quarantine to their home state
Mizoram
Only permanent residents of the state and government employees stranded in other parts will be allowed to return Fourteen days’ institutional quarantine is mandatory for all
Meghalaya
Passengers will be picked up from Guwahati airport and brought to Shillong or Tura They will be kept in institutional quarantine for at least 48 hours and their tests will be conducted Those found negative will be allowed to go home