Airlines clamour to reduce operational capacity
Resurgence of COVID infections along with re-imposition of partial travel restrictions in some major states has triggered a clamour among a section of airlines for reduction of flight capacity.
| 7 April 2021 5:15 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Resurgence of COVID infections along with re-imposition of partial travel restrictions in some major states has triggered a clamour among a section of airlines for reduction of flight capacity. Accordingly, industry insiders contend that rising cases have severely impacted demand leading to cancellations. Notably, the Centre till now has allowed airlines to deploy 80 per cent capacity.
The domestic sector was reopened on May 25, 2020 with a limited capacity of only 33 per cent. Since then the operational capacity has only been increased in-consonance with rising passenger traffic.