India extends regular int’l commercial flight suspension till Feb 28
India today extended suspension of regular international commercial flights till February 28, amidst surging cases of Covid-19 in the third wave of the pandemic.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today announced that "the competent authority has decided to extend the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of February 28, 2022."
It said the restriction will not be applicable for international cargo operations and other flights the DGCA has approved, our New Delhi correspondent reports.
India halted regular passenger flights in March 2020. International commercial flights resumed from July 2020 under air bubble arrangements, which India has with over two dozen countries, including Bangladesh.
"Flights under air bubble arrangement will not be affected," said the DGCA circular issued today.
The full resumption of flights was to have happened from December 15 last year after the second wave of the pandemic had declined sharply but the move had to be postponed last month after several countries re-imposed travel bans in view of the threat from the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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