BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 4. India’s civil aviation shows rapid recovery in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period, Indian Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said furing his official visit to Canada, Trend reports, citing Indian media.
According to the minister, the maximum number of passengers served in the airports of India before the coronavirus pandemic was roughly 400,000. Over the last ten days, this figure has been varying between 350,000 and 390,000.
“India is also working towards making its airports carbon neutral in the near future so as to emerge as a responsible player in the international civil aviation industry,” Scindia said.
Meanwhile, India banned all international scheduled flights for a week starting March 23, 2020. The ban stretched for nearly two years in the midst of a raging pandemic. However, special international flights were allowed to operate between India and 37 other countries from July 2020.
Indian Government announced the resumption of routine international flight operations on March 8 this year. The flights resumed on March 27, 2022.