3,13,668 Domestic Passengers fly on 28 Feb 2021
New Delhi, 01 March (HS): The number of domestic passengers on 28 February 2021 rose to 3,13,668 on 2,353 flights, said Hardeep S Puri, MoS, Civil Aviation. He said that this is the highest since resumption of domestic flights on 25 May 2020 after Covid-19 lockdown.
Total flight movements on 28 February were 4699. The total number of footfalls on airports was 6,17,824, the Minister said.
In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, domestic flight operations were ceased with effect from midnight (11:59 pm) of 24 March 2020. The operation resumed after two months on 25th May 2020, said an official in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
