New Delhi: Large crosses with black-yellow tape, laying the ground rules for physical distancing, will greet passengers on airport buses whenever they finally they get to take to the skies at the end of the ongoing nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
In photographs from shuttle coaches and air-stairs run by low-cost carrier SpiceJet, taped crosses are seen marking seats on which passengers will not be allowed to sit.
Every alternate seat in the front and sides will be kept empty to ensure adequate gaps between people, the photos show.
Numbered markings on air-stairs, used to board a flight, will show passengers where they are allowed to stand and which steps to leave empty.
The measures are part of preparations being taken in anticipation of flights being resumed once the government gives a green light.
However, sources in the Civil Aviation Ministry and regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have told NDTV there has been no decision yet on when passenger flights will finally resume.
Passenger air traffic - domestic and international - was halted even before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 21-day countrywide curfew-like lockdown on the evening of March 14. Only cargo flights and special flights have been allowed to operate.
When passenger operations do resume, airports as well as airlines will be under severe restrictions to ensure there is no transmission of coronavirus, sources. Physical distancing has to be followed on the airport premises and in flights, which is expected to hugely push up ticket prices.
Along with security checks, passengers would also be checked for fever and those running a temperature will not be allowed into the airport.
Once passengers board the aircraft, they will find middle-row seats unoccupied in order to maintain a distance between passengers.
13/04/20 NDTV
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In photographs from shuttle coaches and air-stairs run by low-cost carrier SpiceJet, taped crosses are seen marking seats on which passengers will not be allowed to sit.
Every alternate seat in the front and sides will be kept empty to ensure adequate gaps between people, the photos show.
Numbered markings on air-stairs, used to board a flight, will show passengers where they are allowed to stand and which steps to leave empty.
The measures are part of preparations being taken in anticipation of flights being resumed once the government gives a green light.
However, sources in the Civil Aviation Ministry and regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have told NDTV there has been no decision yet on when passenger flights will finally resume.
Passenger air traffic - domestic and international - was halted even before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 21-day countrywide curfew-like lockdown on the evening of March 14. Only cargo flights and special flights have been allowed to operate.
When passenger operations do resume, airports as well as airlines will be under severe restrictions to ensure there is no transmission of coronavirus, sources. Physical distancing has to be followed on the airport premises and in flights, which is expected to hugely push up ticket prices.
Along with security checks, passengers would also be checked for fever and those running a temperature will not be allowed into the airport.
Once passengers board the aircraft, they will find middle-row seats unoccupied in order to maintain a distance between passengers.
13/04/20 NDTV
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