<span style="color: #222222;">Mumbai International Airport Ltd will resume commercial passenger services on domestic routes from today with 25 departures and arrivals each. The initiative to resume services came after the directive issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation as well as the state government giving a nod to recommence domestic flight operations to and from Mumbai.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, Maharashtra has agreed to allow 25 take offs and 25 landings every day for domestic flights from Mumbai. According to state government directive, arriving passengers will be temperature-screened by the state government appointed authorities and are expected to be in home quarantine for 14 days. State Minister Nawab Malik stated that this number of flights will be increased gradually as state will issue details and guidelines in this regard soon.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray sought more time from the Civil Aviation Ministry for restarting the operations at the Mumbai international airport. He had said that minimum possible domestic flights from Maharashtra be initiated from Monday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had also expressed objection of resuming airports in red zones like Mumbai stating that keeping a busy airport up & running with all Covid-safety measures will need huge staff presence and compound risk in the red zone. The Minister had said getting passengers to come from a green zone to a red one putting them at risk of exposure doesn't make sense. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, according to Mumbai International Airport Ltd communique as many as 50 departures and arrivals are expected on day one and all flights will be operational from Terminal 2.</span> <br />