The Ministry of Civil Aviation of India recently announced that airlines will now be able to sell seats up to 85% of their pre-COVID capacity.

All Indian airlines have been operating 72.5% of their pre-COVID domestic flights since 12th August, 2021.

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The flight capacity, which was reduced following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was increased to 80% in December last year. However, it was decreased again, and brought down to 50% on 1st June, due to the second wave of COVID-19.

On 5th July, the flight capacity was increased to 65% and was further raised to 72.5% on 12th August.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has been reviewing the cap on domestic flight operations after taking the huge demand into consideration.

Here’s the official tweet by the Airports Authority of India:

As per the directions of the Ministry of Civil Aviation @MoCA_GoI, the capacity of domestic passenger flights has been increased from 72.5% to 85% after a review of the schedule passenger demand. The directions are applicable from 18.09.2021 with all existing #COVID19 guidelines. pic.twitter.com/W5Od6yzfRS

— Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) September 19, 2021