International Flights to India to Resume

India has established individual bilateral air bubbles with France, Germany and the US that will allow airlines of each country in the pact to operate international flights, said the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday, July 16.

An air bubble is a bilateral arrangement with a set of regulations and restrictions in which the carriers of the two countries can operate international flights.

American carrier United Airlines will be flying 18 flights between India and the US from July 17 to 31, he added.

"They (United) are flying a daily flight between Delhi and Newark and a thrice-a-week flight between Delhi and San Francisco," Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri noted.

From India, Air India will be operating flights to France, Germany and the US under these bubbles.

Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.  After nearly two months of suspension to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the government resumed scheduled domestic passenger flights on May 25.

Various states like Maharashtra have put restrictions on the number of flights that their airports can handle per day, he said, adding that he expects this would change in coming 2-3 weeks.

He said once the domestic capacity reaches 50-55 percent of its pre-COVID capacity, the government will get the confidence about opening international air travel further.

You can read the full article at: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/international-flights-resume-india-establishes-air-travel-bubbles-us-germany-1701324-2020-07-16

Before traveling to India, please review the current information from the U.S. Department of State:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/India.html

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