new delhi domestic travellers flying into delhi from the states reporting high covid cases will now be randomly tested at the igi airport but they will be allowed to leave after giving sample the passengers who subsequently test positive will need to quarantine at home or a dedicated covid centre for 10 days these are among the heightened surveillance steps that will be taken at indira gandhi international airport in the wake of the omicron surge according to a union aviation ministry tweet on thursday the surge in cases may also bring back suspension of servingselling inflight meals and beverages by the airlinesthermal screening will be done for all passengers upon arrival if you are travelling on a connecting flight and not leaving the airport in the transit station please refer to the detailed guidelines of the respective finaldestination arrival state all passengers must download aarogya setu app the ministry tweeted in the statewise regulations for delhiclarity is still awaited on who will conduct this test and whether selected passengers will need to pay for the same airport sources say they are trying to get the logistical details for the new measure the 2 international arrivals from non atrisk countries who are randomly selected for rtpcr tests are not required to pay for the same and the cost is borne by the airport operatormeanwhile airline officials say the domestic air traffic has recovered to an extent after a very bad omicron impact in the first two weeks of december following the news of the new variant of novel coronavirus breaking out in novemberend forward bookings to travel beyond 15 days have dropped by about 10 after the new variants scare fewer people are booking in advance due to the uncertainty an airline official said seasonally the winter holiday travel rush subsides from around midjanuary the travel and booking trajectory beyond that will depend on the pandemic situation