Mumbai terminal reopens as India ponders the spread of COVID-19

The degree of ‘recovery’ from the effect of the pandemic on aviation varies from country to country. Some are still a long way off resuming any sort of cohesive air service, whereas others are close to it.

India potentially lies in the latter category, and as Mumbai’s airport reopens its domestic terminal to provide more space for latent international operations at the other terminal, this report looks at the relatively low infection rate in India and at what the reasons might be.

It poses by consequence the question of whether India could benefit from a commercial advantage, at least for a short while, as air transport aspires to return to normality.