‘COVID hit 300 of 403 regional air routes’
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that as many as 300 of the 403 routes operationalised under the regional connectivity (RC) scheme of the government have been hit following the pandemic.
In four rounds of bidding carried out in the past five years, as many as 948 routes have been awarded. “Among 403 routes that have commenced operations, nearly 300 routes have been affected due to poor demand on account of COVID19 situation,” the Ministry of Civil Aviation had told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture that tabled its report on Wednesday.