<p class="title">The state government permitted the movement of air passengers, airline and airport staff and crew members to and from the airport even during the curfew period.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The exemptions were made in an order by Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, which deleted ‘domestic air travel of passengers’ from the list of prohibited activities during lockdown. The order, issued Sunday, allowed “unhindered/unrestricted movement of air passengers with valid air ticket, and airline staff/airport staff/crew members with valid IDs”, during curfew period - between 7 pm to 7 am on all days and throughout Sunday when 24-hour curfew is in place till May 31. The directions were as per the prevailing guidelines and SOPs issued by the central and state governments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Centre recently permitted the resumption of domestic air travel in the country from May 25. Karnataka had agreed to resume flights with a few riders, which included seven-day institutional quarantine followed by home quarantine for passengers from six states, registration on Seva Sindhu portal and others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praveen Sood, Director General of Police, Karnataka, had announced the same in a tweet Saturday. The six states are Maharastra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.</p>
<p class="title">The state government permitted the movement of air passengers, airline and airport staff and crew members to and from the airport even during the curfew period.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The exemptions were made in an order by Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, which deleted ‘domestic air travel of passengers’ from the list of prohibited activities during lockdown. The order, issued Sunday, allowed “unhindered/unrestricted movement of air passengers with valid air ticket, and airline staff/airport staff/crew members with valid IDs”, during curfew period - between 7 pm to 7 am on all days and throughout Sunday when 24-hour curfew is in place till May 31. The directions were as per the prevailing guidelines and SOPs issued by the central and state governments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Centre recently permitted the resumption of domestic air travel in the country from May 25. Karnataka had agreed to resume flights with a few riders, which included seven-day institutional quarantine followed by home quarantine for passengers from six states, registration on Seva Sindhu portal and others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praveen Sood, Director General of Police, Karnataka, had announced the same in a tweet Saturday. The six states are Maharastra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.</p>