<p>Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that domestic passenger traffic could reach the pre-Covid level by the end of the current year.</p>.<p>He said that the daily domestic traffic has reached 1.76 lakh passengers from 30,000 passengers when the civil aviation operations resumed on May 25 following a two-month gap due to the pandemic.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-kolkata-west-bengal-delhi-kerala-deaths-recoveries-Covid-19-vaccine-Oxford-Bharat-Biotech-ministry-of-health-896526.html#1"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>“On May 25, we resumed civil aviation operations and at that time, there were around 30,000 passengers. Today, I received data as per which there were 1.76 lakh passengers yesterday. We are going to achieve almost the pre-Covid level during the period between Diwali and the end of this year,” said Puri.</p>.<p>He also said that a meeting of airlines, the Airport Authority of India, and other stakeholders would be called and to discuss how more flights can be introduced from Chandigarh city.</p>.<p>"We will see to increase connectivity from Chandigarh within our existing system,” he said.</p>
<p>Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that domestic passenger traffic could reach the pre-Covid level by the end of the current year.</p>.<p>He said that the daily domestic traffic has reached 1.76 lakh passengers from 30,000 passengers when the civil aviation operations resumed on May 25 following a two-month gap due to the pandemic.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-kolkata-west-bengal-delhi-kerala-deaths-recoveries-Covid-19-vaccine-Oxford-Bharat-Biotech-ministry-of-health-896526.html#1"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>“On May 25, we resumed civil aviation operations and at that time, there were around 30,000 passengers. Today, I received data as per which there were 1.76 lakh passengers yesterday. We are going to achieve almost the pre-Covid level during the period between Diwali and the end of this year,” said Puri.</p>.<p>He also said that a meeting of airlines, the Airport Authority of India, and other stakeholders would be called and to discuss how more flights can be introduced from Chandigarh city.</p>.<p>"We will see to increase connectivity from Chandigarh within our existing system,” he said.</p>