Brave 5-year-old flies back home to Bengaluru alone from Delhi as domestic flights resume

Domestic air travel resumed on Monday after two months of COVID-19 induced lockdown, at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport, with a total of 74 Air Traffic Movements till Monday evening. 

"As on 17:00 hrs (5 pm) on May 25, 2020, airport registered a total of 74 Air Traffic Movements, including 43 departures and 31 arrivals," Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), that operates city airport, said in a release.

'He has travelled alone from Delhi'

Among incoming passengers was a five-year-old Vihaan Sharma who flew back to Bengaluru alone from Delhi and was received by his mor. His mor told reporters that he was coming to Bengaluru after three months. Vihaan was with his grandparents in Delhi.

Bearing a “special category” ticket, boy was donning protective gear when he met his mor. "Welcome home, Vihaan! #BLR Airport is constantly working towards enabling safe return of all our passengers," Bangalore International Airport Limited, which mans city's Kempegowda International Airport(KIA), tweeted.

Domestic flights resume in Karnataka 

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

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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. 

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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 certificate y have to undergo coronavirus test and stay in paid institution quarantine till test result comes out.

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Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that flights restarted operating after a long of “hard negotiations” owing to disagreements from many states that feared a rise in number of infections.

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(With ncy inputs)