New Delhi/May,21: New rules making physical distancing, the Aarogya Setu app on mobiles and thermal screening a must for entering airports were announced today, a day after the government announced that domestic flights, stopped due to the coronavirus lockdown, would resume from Monday.
Passengers must compulsorily walk through a thermal screening zone before entering the airport terminal building and all have to have the Aarogya Setu app on their mobiles. The app will not be needed for children below 14.
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri Wednesday this week in a tweet said that domestic passenger flights would resume “in a calibrated manner”.
Flights were stopped in late March, when the country went into lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus. The government has not indicated when international travel will restart.Most airports are already functional as cargo flights, those for medical evacuation and special flights to repatriate Indians stranded abroad have been operating during the lockdown.