Depends on other countries on resuming international flights: Hardeep Singh Puri

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that domestic airlines could be launched at full capacity by the end of the year. At the same time, he said it was upto other countries to decide when international flights would start.

Hardeep Singh Puri said, "We will increase the service of domestic flights. At present we only allow 33% of the aircraft. Flights are not being operated at full capacity.

We will increase flights on routes where there is more demand. We are ready to start 40-45 per cent service if the demand is high. The Aviation Minister said that domestic private airlines have been offered to operate 750 flights in the third and fourth phases of the Vande Bharat Mission.

"If international operations have to start, both ends have to be ready and there has to be traffic. There is a significant amount of traffic between India and North American continent. We may think of opening flights on a case-to-case basis," said Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola.