Lufthansa,Air India Resume Flights

German Carrier Lufthansa has agreed to operate 10 weekly flights to India against 20 flights that it was operating till October beginning, says a report in the Hindustan Times .

Air India, on the other hand, was operating only three to four flights in Germany leading to a disparity in the number of flights which contradicts the air bubble agreement, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said earlier.

Lufthansa has agreed to reduce the number of flights in order to overcome the differences with India that led both country to cancel their national carrier’s operations under air bubble agreement.
According to a tweet by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, India and Germany has decided to resume flights under air bubble agreement. Lufthansa will operate from Delhi (4 days), Mumbai (3 days) & Bengaluru (3 days) and the Air India will operate 5 weekly flights from Delhi & 2 every week from Bengaluru to Frankfurt.

Flights between India & Germany recommence under air bubble arrangement. Lufthansa will operate from Delhi (4 days), Mumbai (3 days) & Bengaluru (3 days). @airindiain will operate 5 weekly flights from Delhi & 2 every week from Bengaluru to Frankfurt.@MoCA_GoI

— Hardeep Singh Puri (मोदी का परिवार) (@HardeepSPuri) October 21, 2020

Due to the disparity in numbers, the air bubble arrangement between India and Germany was temporarily canceled.However last week Air India had announced the resumption of German flights and they also said that the new agreement reached between the two countries has been extended to till March 28, 2021.