A five-year-old boy reportedly travelled alone from Delhi to Bengaluru on Monday, the first day of domestic flights resuming services in India after a long gap of almost two months.?
Vihaan Sharma travelled alone from Delhi and walked into the arms of his overjoyed mother at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport. He travelled as a special category passenger.?
"My five-year-old son Vihaan has travelled alone from Delhi, he has come back to Bengaluru after three months," his mother told news agency ANI, holding Vihaan, dressed in all-yellow with a matching mask, and blue gloves.?
As flight services resumed, passengers on several routes in India complained that their tickets were cancelled at the last minute without prior intimation from the airlines. ANI stated that around 80 arrival/departure flights from Delhi's IGI airport have been cancelled.
The flights resumed after what Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said was "a long day of hard negotiations" on Sunday with various state governments that were not on board with the idea.
?With the number of coronavirus cases touching 1.3 lakh, the government has announced a series of dos and don'ts that would begin with social distancing at the airport and no-contact check-in. The aviation minister has indicated that international flights could begin in June.??
Agency Inputs: ANI