Nearly collapsed domestic airlines set to take to the skies again after six months

The upcoming festival season may provide respite for carriers, but with reduced incomes of people and no signs of the pandemic subsiding anytime soon, operators are worried about their survival.

Bowing down to pressure from domestic airline operators, the government has decided to scrap its directive issued last week to them to fly half-empty to ensure social distancing measures within the confined space of the aircraft to prevent the spread of Covid-19.