I recently flew on-board IndiGo, India’s largest airline to Jaipur from Mumbai. Here is how flying has changed, and become safer in times of the pandemic.
My first flight during the Pandemic: with IndiGo from Mumbai to Jaipur
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Mumbai Airport Arrivals CoVid-19 testing facility live
You can now get tested via the RT-PCR method at Mumbai Airport on arrival for CoVid-19 and receive a report in under 8 hours. If negative, no need to do an institutional quarantine any more.
Indian Airports to offer RT-PCR testing for international arrivals (transferring passengers only)
New provisions being put in place in India will allow you to skip institutional quarantine as long as you have a CoVid-19 negative test conducted within 96 hours of departure, or will test negative on arrival.
Mumbai Airport to change hands from GVK to Adani
Mumbai Airport has been swooped up by Adani Enterprises, having bought out everyone except AAI today and become a 74% shareholder in the airport.
Mumbai airport to operate 50 incoming and outgoing flights June 16, 2020 onwards
Maharashtra Government has allowed more flights to operate from June 16, 2020, onwards. Domestic commercial flights in and out of Mumbai have been doubled.
Mumbai Cyclone Update: Mumbai Airport to cancel many flights
Mumbai Airport is going to operate very limited flights on June 3, 2020 as the city could be hit by a cyclone which could make landfall today. Stay home if you can and no flying, I guess.
Mumbai airport to operate 25 incoming and outgoing flights May 25, 2020 onwards
Maharashtra Government seems to have a different idea about resuming air travel on May 25, 2020, when the rest of the country resumes. No air travel possible into the big cities of Maharashtra at the moment, such as Mumbai.
Maharashtra Government deny flying permissions into Mumbai and Pune anytime soon
Maharashtra Government seems to have a different idea about resuming air travel on May 25, 2020, when the rest of the country resumes. No air travel possible into the big cities of Maharashtra at the moment, such as Mumbai.
Resumption of flights in India: 1/3rd the schedule will operate, Fares will be capped & the passenger experience sanitized for now.
The new SOP for air travel has been notified, which will allow for travel by planes across India on May 25, 2020, and onwards. Here is how much things have changed for the next time you will get on board an aircraft.
Plexiglass: Taking over an airport near you!
The newest PPE, as it turns out, is nothing more than good old plexiglass. Here is how airports across the globe are re-engineering the passenger experience to add some glass walls to it.
Here is how Mumbai Airport will maintain social distancing when it re-opens for business
While it is all quiet on the flying front at the moment, Mumbai Airport is working towards re-opening in a post-CoVid-19 lockdown world, an era where social distancing will be the norm. Here are some pictures and what to expect the next time you turn up to fly from Mumbai Airport.
