International commercial flights to and from India will continue December 15 after a 21-month ban, orders from the Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday. While the steps have the potential to reduce tariffs on several high volume flight routes, this comes on an international trip facing fresh uncertainty because of the new Covid-19 variant The government also released a list of ‘At-Risk’ countries, and the nature of resurrection of international scheduled flights will depend on whether a country is present on this list. These include countries in Europe including Britain, and South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong Kong and Israel. Passengers traveling from countries in this list issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare Family must undergo additional steps on arrival in India, including post-arrival testing.
In its order, the Civil Service Ministry notes: “The problem of resuming commercial international passenger services scheduled and from India has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Health and the Welfare of the Family and has been decided that commercial international passenger services are scheduled to And from India it can be continued starting December 15, 2021 ” For countries that are not in the ‘At-Risk’ list, the airline will be allowed to reach flights in accordance with the full capacity rights decided in a bilateral air service agreement between India and certain countries. For countries in this list that has air bubble settings with India – such as British and European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, France, etc. – Airlines have been allowed to rise 75 percent of pre-covid capacity, or a minimum of seven frequencies per week . Finally, for ‘risky’ countries without air bubble settings, 50 percent of bilateral capacity rights have been permitted.
Tourists to countries such as the US, where bilateral agreements with Indian countries frequency of unlimited aviation can be installed by airlines between the two countries, can expect relief at rates for Indian-US direct flights in front of the holiday season in December. Likewise, for Canada, airlines from both countries will be able to operate full capacity rights 35 flights a week, while for Thailand, which is the top tourist destination, airlines of both countries can reach a maximum capacity of 9,895 seats per week. According to the agreement.
For some countries where seats allocated under the arrangement of air bubbles are higher than bilateral rights, the ministry says: “chairs under air bubble settings that have been sold by airlines, which are more than possession of capacity in bilateral air service agreements available with airlines , it will be permitted until December 14, 2021. The airline will limit their operations to ownership of capacity including bilateral air service agreements available with the airline with the effect of December 15, 2021,” he said.
According to flight executives, the number of airlines permitted will result in higher capacity allocation to overcome demand, but they also say that they will monitor the situation in the context of the new Covid-19 variant “In the UK, they have placed South Africa on the red list, so the arrival will be with total quarantine. Obviously, we will assess our network and frequency in South Africa as a result of it,” Alex Mcewan, Country Manager, South Asia, Virgin Atlantic said to Indian Express A senior official from the Indian budget carrier said how much capacity added airline will also be a function of what the destination state allowed. “We have to sit with our network planner and decide on the request and rules imposed
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