New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday said that the Delhi government-announced lockdown of the capital will not impact operations at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. “Domestic flights to and from IGIA shall continue to operate and the airport shall remain functional,” an aviation ministry official said.
Scheduled international flights are not allowed to operate from any Indian airport till next Sunday (March 29). The aviation ministry’s clarification came after the Delhi government said the lockdown will mean no domestic flights from IGIA.
India has barred schedule commercial international flights for a week from Sunday (March 22), in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. Domestic flights have also dropped significantly due to the drastic reduction in demand for travel. IndiGo, which has almost 50% domestic market share, will reduce its domestic capacity by 25% till things improve.
All airlines are now increasingly grounding their planes. Airlines have in fact sought lower parking charges for this very reason till September-October.
Meanwhile, KLM said on Sunday that “after receiving clearance from Indian authorities, (it) has arranged an additional flight, KL869 on Sunday from Amsterdam to Delhi. This flight is en-route Delhi with Indian passengers who were scheduled to arrive (earlier). KLM is committed to do everything it can to repatriate as many travellers as possible while ensuring to abide and respect government regulations.”
This flight was bringing 120 transit Indians from US and Canada to Delhi via Amsterdam on Friday night and was asked to return as the government has restricted flying in people from corona hotspots like UK and Europe. Later, this flight was allowed to bring the stranded passengers home.
22/03/20 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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Scheduled international flights are not allowed to operate from any Indian airport till next Sunday (March 29). The aviation ministry’s clarification came after the Delhi government said the lockdown will mean no domestic flights from IGIA.
India has barred schedule commercial international flights for a week from Sunday (March 22), in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. Domestic flights have also dropped significantly due to the drastic reduction in demand for travel. IndiGo, which has almost 50% domestic market share, will reduce its domestic capacity by 25% till things improve.
All airlines are now increasingly grounding their planes. Airlines have in fact sought lower parking charges for this very reason till September-October.
Meanwhile, KLM said on Sunday that “after receiving clearance from Indian authorities, (it) has arranged an additional flight, KL869 on Sunday from Amsterdam to Delhi. This flight is en-route Delhi with Indian passengers who were scheduled to arrive (earlier). KLM is committed to do everything it can to repatriate as many travellers as possible while ensuring to abide and respect government regulations.”
This flight was bringing 120 transit Indians from US and Canada to Delhi via Amsterdam on Friday night and was asked to return as the government has restricted flying in people from corona hotspots like UK and Europe. Later, this flight was allowed to bring the stranded passengers home.
22/03/20 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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