Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the total number of passengers flying in a single day increased to 1,68,860 on Sunday.
In a tweet, he said, the number of passengers flying in a single day is steadily reaching closer to the pre-COVID times.
All scheduled commercial passenger flights were suspended in India on March 25 after the central government imposed a lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Domestic flights in the country resumed operations from May 25 in a gradual manner.
Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, to allow gradual movement of passenger traffic, ‘Transport Bubble’ agreements have been signed with a number of countries.
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