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👉 All the air travel routes have been divided into seven sections based on duration of flights ranging from 40 minutes to 210 minutes. “The first band, which would have its specific lower and upper limits of air fare, will consist of flights that are of less than 40 minutes duration. Second, third, fourth and fifth bands of upper limit would be of flights with duration of 40-60 minutes, 60-90 minutes, 90-120 minutes and 120-150 minutes,” Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.

👉 Social distancing requirement not met even if middle seats in flights are kept vacant, so we will fill up middle seats, Puri said.

👉 Only one-third flights will be permitted to operate from metro to non-metro cities where weekly departures are more than 100.

👉 For all other cities, airlines are free to use 1/3rd capacity of approved summer schedule 2020.

👉 40 per cent of the seats in any flight will have to be sold at the mid-point of the lower and upper air fare limits prescribed for any route by the authorities.

👉 Fares will be regulated and will be in a fixed range with a minimum and a maximum fare already set for the route.

👉 In the case of Delhi, Mumbai the minimum fare would be Rs 3,500 for a journey between 90-120 minutes, maximum fare would be Rs 10,000. This is operative for 3 months – till one minute to midnight on 24th August.

👉 If a passenger does not have the Aarogya Setu app on her or his phone for some reason, she or he can give a self-declaration form. Such a passenger will not be stopped from boarding the flight.