Air India May Resume Partial Operations By Mid-May: Report

New Delhi: Air India may partially resume its operations by mid-May, news agency ANI reported on Thursday.

According to the news agency, it has accessed an internal letter asking pilots and cabin crew to prepare to resume operations once the lockdown ends. The report further said the mail was sent to the operation staff seeking the availability of crew including transport security passes for both international and domestic operations.

The letter read, “Dear all concerned, there is a probability to commence 25 per cent to 30 per cent operations post-lockdown in mid-May 2020. You are requested to ensure and provide the following: Total number of cockpit/cabin crew residing outside municipal limits of the bases.”

Earlier, Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had reiterated that the current flight restrictions will be lifted once the government was confident that the spread of the virus has been controlled and it poses no danger to the country and people.