JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Eleven flights with 732 passengers reached the twin airports at Jammu and Srinagar on Monday, officials said, as domestic air travel resumed after a two-month break due to the coronavirus.
While six domestic flights carrying about 562 passengers, who were stranded in different parts of the country, landed at the Srinagar International Airport, five flights landed at the Jammu airport with 170 stranded people, an official spokesman said.
The arrival started with the landing of an Air Asia flight at the Srinagar Airport at 7:25 am. All passengers who arrived at the airport were thoroughly screened for COVID-19 and their samples taken, he said.
The first flight at the Jammu airport arrived at 8:50 am with 31 passengers, followed by four more at their scheduled times subsequently, marking the resumption of the flight operations, the spokesman said. (AGENCIES)
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