532 FLIGHTS, 39,231 PASSENGERS FLEW ON DAY ONE OF RESUMPTION; 630 CANCELLED

                      As domestic passenger flights resumed yesterday, people across states scrambled to take the first flight out to go back home after being stranded away for over 2 months. As per reports, India operated a total of 532 flights yesterday while around 630 flights were cancelled on the first day of operations resuming in Lockdown 4.0. Several states had initially raised objections to resuming flight services amid the growing number of coronavirus cases. Lack of clarity among state governments and the Civil Aviation Ministry led to several flights being cancelled at the last moment. The cancellation took place because of restrictions imposed by various states including airports in Mumbai and Chennai. Mumbai had decided to handle only 50 flights from Monday, Chennai 25 and Hyderabad 30.