Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that the number of passengers in domestic flights started with 30 thousand passengers on 25-May increased to 2.06 lakh on 8 November. According to the Minister, the Ministry of Aviation has allowed domestic airlines to increase their current flight capacity from 60 per cent to 70 per cent (of Covid-19 pre-capacity). The central government had approved starting the domestic flight service from May 25, two months after the lockdown. However, airlines were allowed to operate flights with a maximum of 33 per cent capacity. After this, the government increased this limit