Domestic flights resume in Karnataka with quarantine measures

As domestic air travel resumed on Monday after nearly two months of COVID-19 induced lockdown, city's Kempegowda International Airport will see nearly 107 flights departing and about a hundred arrivals, as it begins operations.

According to sources, first flight out was an Air Asia aircraft to Ranchi that departed at around 5:30 am with about 176 passengers, while first arrival was a flight from Chennai at about 7:35 am with around 113 passengers.

Karnataka government has said that people coming from high COVID-19 prevalent states-Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh- will have to undergo institutional quarantine for a period of seven days and charges to be borne by passengers.

After ir COVID test comes out negative (swab should be taken between 5-7 day after ir arrival) using pool testing, y should be sent for home quarantine for ar seven days.

Those coming from or low prevalence states have been asked to follow 14 days of home quarantine. Home quarantine is allowed for pregnant women, children below of 10 years and below, senior citizens of 80 years and above and terminally ill patients along with one attendant after ir test result is negative.

In special cases where businessmen are coming for urgent work, y are permitted without necessity of quarantine if y bring negative test report of COVID-19 from ICMR approved laboratory and it should t be more than two days older from date of travel.

In case y don't have such a certificate y have to undergo coronavirus test and stay in paid institution quarantine till test result comes out.

In an effort to protect passengers and staff from risk of COVID-19 transmission, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) that operates city airport has introduced a Parking-to-Boarding contactless journey. With a greater emphasis on minimum touch and minimum exposure between passengers and airport personnel, airport aims to minimise all physical contact, it had said,  techlogy will continue to enable a seamless airport journey, with greater emphasis on health and safety.