Flights resume in Andhra, but many cancelled
New Delhi, May 26: A day after the restart of air travel across India, flight cancellations continued with passengers facing difficulties, even as domestic operations resumed in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday amid reluctance due to rising number of Covid-19 cases.
Except West Bengal, domestic flights traversed the entire country on Tuesday.
However, as major airports like Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad have a severe cap on the number of fights they can handle, cancellations continued on Tuesday.
Just like Monday, a section of passengers reached their airports on Tuesday only to be informed that their flights have been cancelled. Many people vented their ire on social media.
Chennai airport is scheduled to handle only 20 arrivals and departures each on Tuesday, said senior government officials, even though civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday night said that it can handle up to 25 arrivals per day and has no limit on the number of departures.
Even in Andhra Pradesh, where domestic services resumed on Tuesday, Vijayawadaand Vizag airports will handle just eight flights each during the day, officials said.
On Sunday night, the central government had said these two airports can handle up to 20 per cent of the pre-lockdown flights from Tuesday onwards.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, which is India’s largest, is scheduled to handle around 277 flights on Tuesday.