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New Delhi : Number of domestic passengers on February 12, 2021, rose to 2,97,102 on 2,349 flights, said Hardeep S Puri, MoS, I/C, Civil Aviation. He added that this is the highest since resumption of domestic flights on May 25, 2020.
Puri informed that with air travel emerging as a preferred mode of travel due to safety, efficiency and time saving, the numbers are almost touching Pre-COVID levels. Total flight movements on February 12, 2021 were 4,697. The total number of footfalls on airports was 5,93,819, he added, according to a PIB release.
In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, domestic flight operations were ceased with effect from midnight (11:59 pm) of March 24, 2020. The operation resumed after two months on May 25, 2020.