Domestic passenger service resume in Lucknow

Domestic flight operations started from the Chaudhary Charan Singh airport here on Monday morning, as passenger air travel resumed within the country after a gap of two months, owing to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. 

As many as 10 flights will take off for cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru from the airport and a similar number will be landing here during the day, airport director AK Sharma said.

Necessary precautions, as per guidelines, including sanitization of luggage, thermal screening, use of masks, social distancing are being strictly followed, Sharma said.

Similar precautions are also being taken by airport and airline staff, the director added.