International flights to and from India will remain suspended till February 28, in view of the threat due to the new wave of new variants of Kovid 19, Omicron Variants. A decision in this regard was taken by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday. It has been said in the latest order that flights under the Air Bubble Arrangement will not be affected. Actually, under the air bubble facility, two countries operate international flights with certain rules and restrictions.
Under the order of DGCA, in partial modification of the circular dated 26 November 2021, it has been decided by the competent authority to extend the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India till 12 midnight of 28 February 2022. The order said that this restriction will not apply to the operation of all international cargo and in particular flights approved by the DGCA. However, flights will not be affected under the air bubble arrangement.
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It is worth mentioning that under the Air Bubble Agreement, India is operating flights to Bahrain, Canada, France, Germany, Kenya, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Russia, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA and Sri Lanka. Is.In November 2021, the Centre decided to resume scheduled international flight operations from December 15. The emergence of Omicron threw a spanner in the plan and the government withdrew the decision to resume scheduled international flights days before January 15.
Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India from March 23, 2020, two days before a nationwide lockdown was imposed in the country. The suspension was extended every month allowing emergency international travel under the air bubble agreements.
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India has air transport bubbles with Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, US and Uzbekistan. The agreements allow both-way air travel under some terms and conditions. Scheduled international commercial flights to and from India will remain suspended till February 28, Director General of Civil Aviation said in a fresh order on Wednesday. Flights under air bubble arrangements will not be affected, the DGCA said. The decision comes as the world is braving a fresh wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by Omicron, the latest variant of the SARS-CoV-2. Meanwhile, with 2,82,970 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,79,01,241, which includes 8,961 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The active cases have increased to 18,31,000, the highest in 232 days Amid the rise in Omicron covid cases, the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the suspension on scheduled international passenger flights till 28 February 2022.
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