Airlines in India have been allowed to operate at full capacity from October 18. The civil aviation ministry on Tuesday said the decision was taken keeping in mind the “passenger demand for air travel”. Air carriers were operating at 85% capacity in the last 2-3 weeks. Restrictions on operations were gradually lifted after the second Covid wave eased, and it is the first time since the outbreak that airlines can fly at full speed.
With the festive season boom in air traffic now making itself felt, it is a big relief for airlines whose finances were ravaged by the pandemic lockdown and flight grounding. Fare caps and high fuel costs threatened to put their recovery prospects further on the horizon, but now they will have a better chance of entering the slipstream of a post-Covid vacuum as the plot of repressed vacations looms large under their long-standing geographic control. escapes from. Even before March 2020, Indian aviation was going through turmoil, but now Air India is heading towards Tata’s hangar, Jet’s bankruptcy has been resolved and a new airline called Akasa is preparing for the skies, this The frustration of the area should be reduced. Should certainly be even lower, there is a risk of a Covid take-off.
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