COVID-19 in India: International flights suspended till December 31

NEW DELHI: India’s aviation safety regulator, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday announced that all the scheduled international commercial passenger flights flying to and from India will remain suspended till December 31 amid the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country.

However, the restrictions will not apply on the international all-cargo operations and flights especially the one approved by the DGCA.

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"In partial modification of circular dated 26.6.2020, 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 hours (IST) of December 31, 2020," the DGCA said in the circular.

International scheduled flights, however, may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis, the circular added.

Earlier, the DGCA suspended international passenger flights till November 30. The scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In the absence of regular flight service on overseas routes, special international flights are being operated under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral "air bubble" arrangements with selected countries since July.

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