<span style="color: #222222;">Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has reiterated that that flight restrictions that are in place as a result of India's fight against COVID-19 will be lifted once the government is confident that spread of the virus has been controlled and it poses no danger to the country.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a tweet, Mr Puri said, some airlines did not heed government's advisory and opened bookings and started collecting money from fliers. He said, a directive was issued to them yesterday to restrain them from doing so.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The airlines were also informed that they will be given sufficient notice and time to commence bookings.</span><br />