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Corona pandemic in India: Maharashtra remains the worst-affected stated with 7,628 confirmed cases, followed by Gujarat with 3,071 cases; national capital Delhi has 2,625 cases

SpiceJet and GoAir have offered flights on various domestic routes, including the busiest Delhi-Mumbai route, starting May 16, whereas IndiGo and Vistara have opened booking from June 1 onwards

Stock of Interglobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, cracked 6.56 per cent to hit an intra-day low of Rs 999 against previous closing price of Rs 1069.15 on the BSE

Coronavirus impact: A GoAir official said about 10 per cent of the 5,500-odd employees, who are crucial for certain tasks even with no operation, would continue to work and will be paid partial salary

Lockdown in india latest news: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stated that no new coronavirus cases have been reported in the state since April 3

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GoAir said it will take maximum health and safety measures when it restarts operations, including social distancing measures, longer check-in time for passengers, longer turnaround time in between flights

Commercial flight services have been suspended till May 3 as the government has extended the nation lockdown in continuing efforts to curb spreading of coronavirus infection, which has already affected more than 11,000 people in the country

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A GoAir spokesperson said that it has already \"factored in\" these type of scenario and that the airline will review its earlier scheme of providing rescheduling free of cost at a later date while protecting their existing bookings for one year

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Passenger-less airlines have been busy criss-crossing the country and the world hauling essential and medical cargo

Almost all commercial passenger aircraft in India have been grounded due to COVID-19 lockdown; IndiGo indulged in a funny banter with its counterparts, lighting up up the mood while urging people to stay home till the situation normalises

Most airlines, including domestic players, have refused to refund customers whose flights either got cancelled due to the suspension of all commercial passenger flights in the wake of 21-day lockdown, or travel restrictions overseas

SpiceJet did four rotations -  Delhi to Chennai; Chennai to Surat; Surat to Chennai; and Chennai to Mumbai. The aircraft will operate from Mumbai to Delhi at 16:10 pm

Air Deccan has a fleet of four 18-seater Beechcraft aircraft to fly on regional routes in western India, focusing on Gujarat

However, Air India's peers such as IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir said they have started taking bookings for domestic flights starting April 15

Data firm OAG said several years of industry growth had been lost and it could take until 2022 or 2023 before the volume of flyers returns to the levels that had been expected for 2020

Even if the customer does not show up between 19 March 2020 and 30 April 2020, GoAir will automatically protect the customer's ticket and fare for travel on any future date until 30 April 2021