PHOTOS: As India takes off again, here's what airports now look like

After two months of a strict lockdown to control the coronavirus spread, domestic flights resumed operation on May 25, with passengers geared for an entirely new flying experience

By Amit Verma

May 25, 2020, 18:45 IST1 min

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A passenger wearing a PPE suit arrives at the Kamaraj domestic airport in Chennai on May 25, 2020.

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Another passenger, this time in New Delhi, shows up well-prepared for air travel in a full PPE suit

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Passengers line up maintaining social distance, to drop their bags at counters in the Indira Gandhi International airport during the first day of resuming of domestic flights after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi on May 25, 2020

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An airport staff member scans the temperature of a passenger at the Kamaraj domestic airport in Chennai, as passengers get a sense of the new normal in airport safety.

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A security personnel checks a passenger’s documents while standing behind a shield at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on May 25, 2020

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A police officer checks a passenger’s e-pass from afar, when arriving at the Kamaraj domestic airport in Chennai on the first day of resuming of domestic flights after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus

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