Travel firmThomas Cook India on Friday welcomed the government's decision to resumedomestic commercial passenger flights from May 25 and said it will provide impetus to tourism in the country.
About a third of domestic flight operations will resume from May 25 under strict norms. All commercial passenger flights were suspended with effect from March 25, when the country came under a lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.
"We welcome the government's announcement to reopen domestic commercial passenger flights in a calibrated manner commencing May 25, 2020. We believe that the government's detailed guidelines/SOPs will serve well to address essential Health and Safetyprotocols,"Thomas Cook (India)Chairmanand MDMadhavan Menon said in a statement.
The resumption of domestic flights is an important step to drive the country's tourism- a key pivot for economic revival,he added.
"What is encouraging is that our business travel teams have already received bookings and are getting a steady flow of enquiries for work related travel from our corporates, seeking to travel over the next few weeks," Menon said.
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