Domestic flights to be suspended as India strengthens coronavirus lockdown

Domestic flights in India will stop from midnight Tuesday to March 31, as authorities strengthen a lockdown that has shuttered large parts of the country against the spread of the coronavirus.

Airlines will have to land domestic passenger flights at destinations by 11.59 pm on Tuesday, said a spokesperson for the aviation ministry on Monday, adding that the restrictions would not apply to cargo flights. The country banned international flights for a week on March 20.

India had 415 coronavirus cases and seven