Tepid response in Punjab as domestic flight ops resume after two months
AMRITSAR/LUDHIANA: Low footfall of passengers was witnessed at Amritsar and Ludhiana airports on Monday as some domestic flights resumed operations after two months. There was strict vigil to ensure social distancing and that the passengers had Aarogya Setu app on their mobile phones.
At Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in Amritsar, two flights arrived from Jaipur (Spice Jet) and Delhi (Vistara,) carrying 16 and 25 passengers, respectively. The flights to Patna (Spice Jet) and Delhi (Indigo) ferried 39 and 31 passengers, respectively. The details of three more flights— one from Patna and two from Delhi — scheduled to land at Amritsar were not available till the filing of the report.
Eleven passengers arrived from Delhi at Ludhiana’s Sahnewal airport in an Air India flight. The return flight to Delhi left from the airport at 3.20pm carrying just five passengers.
Two flights which were scheduled to reach Amritsar from Mumbai were cancelled. “These flights were cancelled due to operational reasons,” said Chansoria.
62 PASSENGERS LAND IN SRINAGAR, 171 IN JAMMU
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Six flights carrying 562 passengers arrived at Srinagar airport on Monday, officials said, adding the first flight (Air Asia) reached at 7:25am. “All passengers were thoroughly screened for Covid-19 and their samples were taken,” officials said. As many as 351 passengers travelled to and from Jammu airport in five flights. Of eight flights scheduled to land at Jammu airport, three were cancelled.”
A total of 171 passengers arrived in Jammu on Monday,” said an official.
34 REACH KANGRA FROM DELHI
DHARAMSHALA:: Thirty-four people landed at Gaggal airport in Kangra of Himachal Pradesh in a Spicejet flight from Delhi even as two Air India scheduled flights were cancelled. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said the aircraft landed with 34 passengers.