NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, February 22, said the aviation sector is bringing people closer and strengthening national progress with more airports and better connectivity.

The prime minister shared a tweet by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia saying, the domestic flight traffic reached a new post-COVID high of around 4.45 lakh on February 19,  the minister of civil aviation, which the prime minister reposted. In a tweet, Modi stated that "more airports and improved connectivity" would "bring people closer together and support national progress."

The average daily domestic air passenger count before COVID was 3,98,579. Scindia said in a tweet on Monday that post-COVID domestic aviation passenger traffic has reached a new high. Sunday saw a maximum of 4,44,845 passengers fly domestically. "Again another achievement! The Indian economy is still growing," Scindia had declared.
There are now 147 airports open for business in the nation. On February 27, the prime minister is slated to dedicate the recently built airport in Shivamogga, Karnataka.

After being heavily disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the nation's aviation industry is now on the road to recovery.

The prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate the newly-constructed airport at Shivamogga in Karnataka on February 27. The country's aviation sector is on the recovery path after it was significantly impacted by the covid-19 pandemic.

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