India Extends Suspension Of International Flights till 28th February: DGCA
India has decided to further freeze international travel until 11.59 pm on 28th February, 2021 due to the alarming pace of the new strain of coronavirus in many countries.
The Indian Civil Aviation Regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday announced that it has extended the suspension of all scheduled International commercial passenger flights to and from India till February 28th 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 1ST of 28th February , 2020.”,” a notification from the industry regulator said.
— DGCA (@DGCAIndia) January 28, 2021
This restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA,” the order stated.
“However, International Scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on case to case basis,” the statement added.
Those who want to travel abroad have to depend on flights of the countries which have signed air bubble arrangement with India. At this stage, India has established bilateral air bubble agreement with as many as 22 countries. These are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Maldives, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Tanzania, the UAE, the UK, Ukraine and the US.
Air India has also 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.
