Monday, May 11, 2020

Speculations fly, but airlines remain grounded

New Delhi: Speculations were rife on Monday regarding the opening up of domestic passenger flight operations in the coming few days.

According to industry insiders, these speculations got triggered after a team of senior bureaucrats from the Civil Aviation Ministry visited the Delhi airport on Sunday.

The visit was to inspect the preparations made by the airport for the eventual restart of passenger operations.

In fact, the senior leadership of the airport''s management accompanied the Ministry team at the Terminal 3.

Lately, various machines to sanitise and smoothly manage passenger entry and exit from the terminal building have been installed at the airport.

The airport has made several technology-based unique facilities operational such as UV (ultraviolet) based tunnels to disinfect check point trays and baggage, mobile UV tower to disinfect surfaces in the terminal area and hand-held UV devices.

In addition, passenger trolley disinfection systems and walk in shoe sanitiser mats are also unique facilities for passenger safety.

Besides, the limited re-start of railway services from Tuesday has also given life to the idea that immediate approval for the civil aviation operations will be given.

"We expect to get a notification soon on the restart of services from the government and the bookings thereafter," a senior executive with a travel products company told IANS.
11/05/20 Outlook

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