AAI issues full guidelines before flights resume on May 25; SOP for passengers & crew here

A day after anuncing resumption of domestic flights in India starting May 25, Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday has issued detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to all its airports.

According to SOPs, passenger seating arrangement shall be done in such a manner so as to maintain social distancing and registration with Aarogya Setu app will be a must. It states that passengers who are t shown 'green' on app will t be allowed to travel. 

6-p SOP also says that state governments will arrange public transport facilities for passengers and airline staff and all passengers will pass through screening zones before entering terminal building. Airline Operators have been asked to set up such zones in each city.

guideline furr states that an isolation area will be made available for suspected/ confirmed Covid cases. With utmost emphasis on social distancing rms, guidelines say that cab and taxi drivers will be trained on maintaining same, queueing area will be allotted outside landside commercial outlet and frequent patrolling will be done to ensure it.

On lugg, guideline states that use of trolleys will be 'discourd' in departure and arrival areas. It also said that newspapers and magazines will t be provided at Terminal building and lounges. Furrmore, airport authority will ensure availability of hand sanitizers and mats and carpets will be sanitized using bleach.

Here is full SOP accessed by Republic: 

As per Union Health Ministry's update on Thursday morning, death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,435 and number of cases to 1,12,359 in country, registering an increase of 132 deaths and 5,609 cases in last 24 hours. number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 63,624, while 45,299 people have recovered and one patient has migrated.

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Domestic flights to resume

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri anunced that domestic flights will recommence in a calibrated manner from May 25 onwards. Taking to Twitter, Puri stated that all airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from Monday onwards. He added that Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for passenger movement is also being separately issued. 

development came just a day after Civil Aviation Minister had stated that Centre alone cant operate domestic flights, adding that state governments will also have to be ready to operate domestic flights. In a tice issued by DGCA earlier, domestic and international aviation operations had been restricted till May 31 under fourth phase of lockdown. 

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