Airport sees increase in number of flights

Airport sees increase in number of flights

13/06/2020

For the first time since the resumption of domestic flights, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has increased the number of departure and arrival movements within the State.

On Friday, 58 flights were handled at the Chennai airport and for Saturday, the schedule shows there will be 58 flights — 29 arrivals and departures each.

When the Centre announced that domestic flights would resume on May 25, the Tamil Nadu government said only 25 flights would be allowed into the city, considering the huge spike in COVID-19 cases. Hence, for three weeks now, the number of departure and the arrival flights had not crossed 25 each.

Officials of AAI said they received approval from the State government to increase the number of flights.

“The addition of eight aircraft movements is an increase of flights to cities within the State, like Madurai and Thoothukudi. The number of flights from other cities, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Bangalore, has not gone up,” an official said.