On day 66 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 13 flights with 1,677 passengers on board landed at Srinagar airport on Wednesday.
A statement said after their arrival all the passengers were tested for COVID19 and transported to their destinations amid strict observance of all necessary preventive protocols.
The statement said the government has made elaborate arrangements for the arrival, screening, sampling and proper transportation of the passengers to the quarantine centers, taking special care of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) prescribed by the Union Ministries of Civil Aviation and Health and Family Welfare.
The statement said while Srinagar airport authorities have received 816 domestic flights with 1,05,064 passengers since May 25, Jammu airport authorities have received 505 domestic flights with 37,672 passengers.
The statement said the Jammu and Kashmir government has brought back about 3,676 passengers from various countries to the Union Territory through special evacuation flights in the wake of global pandemic.
Meanwhile, the statement said 636 passengers aboard 10 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu airport today. “A total of 23 domestic flights with 2,313 passengers on board arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. Besides, two International evacuation flights with 200 passengers on board arrived at Srinagar airport,” said the statement.