India Extends Ban On International Flights till November 30: DGCA
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The Indian Civil Aviation Regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday announced that it has extended the suspension of all scheduled International commercial passenger flights to and from India till November 30 due to Covid-19 pandemic.
“In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has further extended the validity of circular issued on the subject cited above regarding Scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of 30th November 2020,” a notification from the industry regulator said.
— DGCA (@DGCAIndia) October 28, 2020
However, the DGCA said that the ban will not apply to all international-cargo and international scheduled flights approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.The aviation regulator also stated that international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the “competent authority” on case to case basis.
At this stage, India has established bilateral air bubble agreement with as many as 19 countries and Air India has been operating Vande bharat Mission flights to repatriate Indians stranded abroad.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic,scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23.
