Domestic flights resume after two months: Delhi’s first departure is to Pune and Mumbai’s first to Patna

NEW DELHI: Indian skies will open up for domestic passenger services from Monday after a gap of two months, with Delhi-Pune and Mumbai-Patna flights being among the first to take off, aviation industry sources said.nnAll scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended sincenn

#AAI's @aaipatairport is back in action as flight ops resumed today with first landing at 0740am. With total of 490 arriving & 204 departing pax; approx 3 arrivals & 3 departures recorded this morning. Ops were smoothly handled by following all safety measures. #IndiaFlyBack pic.twitter.com/06Lz5cOQHo

— Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) May 25, 2020

nnMarch 25 when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic.nnBoth the flights will be operated by IndiGo on Monday morning. While the Delhi-Pune flight is scheduled to depart at 4.45 AM, the Mumbai-Patna flight would depart at 6.45 AM.nnAviation industry sources said the first passenger flight would be 6E643 from Delhi airport and it is likely to be operated by aircraft VT-ITK, which is an A320neo plane of IndiGo.nnThe sources added the first domestic passenger flight to arrive at Delhi airport on Monday would be from Ahmedabad and it is of SpiceJet.nn”The flight SG8194, which would be conducted by B737 model numbered VT-SGQ, would be landing at 7.45 AM at Delhi airport,” one of the sources said.nnThe Mumbai airport’s operator MIAL said in a statement, “The first flight departing out of CSMIA (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport ) will be to Patna at 6:45hrs and flight arriving from Lucknow will be the first arrival flight at 8:20hrs both operated by IndiGo.”nnIt was announced last Thursday that one-third of pre-lockdown domestic flights will operate from Monday. All international scheduled commercial passenger flights remain suspended.nnSource: Press Trust of India