International Flights Expected To Return To Normal Soon: Government
NDTV
Domestic flights - similarly restricted during the Covid lockdown - were allowed at full capacity from October, after also having been restricted initially
International flight operations are expected to return to normal soon, Rajiv Bansal, the Union Aviation Ministry Secretary, was quoted by news agency ANI on Wednesday.
All international flights (except repatriation missions and carrying essential goods, like medicines and food) were grounded in March last year, as the country went into a Covid lockdown.
Restrictions were eased once the number of cases eased and as vaccination coverage increased, with 'air bubble' arrangements negotiated with other countries. India currently has 25 such deals.
Under an air bubble arrangement, international passenger flights can be operated by member countries' respective carriers into each other's territories, subject to certain conditions.
