Are Air India Flights Getting Cancelled? Yes, they are. Even before the Government of India decided to close out our borders to aircraft arrivals, 67% of Air India’s international flights were already cancelled.
All Indian airports will close to International arrivals with effect from March 22, 2020, onwards for one week. That would mean no arrivals and departures from India will happen from Sunday onwards.
Vistara International Flights will be discontinued between March 20 and March 31 owing to the global CoVid Pandemic and border closures/reduced demand for these flights at the moment.
GoAir has announced that you no longer need to cancel your tickets going forward for the next few weeks of travel. Instead, the airline will automatically offer you a credit note which you can use in the coming year.
Club Vistara, the frequent flyer programme of Vistara, has announced the pause of status through April 2020. This means Vistara is assessing how would members re-earn status in the times ahead.
Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport will be closed to arriving traffic tomorrow onwards. Departing flights can still operate to exit the country.
The Indian DGCA has finally notified airlines about all the protocols they need to follow to ensure aircraft are clean and safe to fly in the age of CoVid19.
In a new travel advisory issued, India has stopped accepting incoming passengers from Malaysia, Afganistan and the Philippines for the time being.
GoAir, the airline which started international operations only 2018, has grounded their international operations for a month and has decided to put their staff on unpaid leave for the time being.
To make sure as many Indians can get back, Air India will retime their flights to make sure they get out before 1200 GMT. Here are all the flight changes happening to the Air India European network as the new rules take shape.
India has taken another step to protect the country from the further spread of the CoronaVirus. Effective March 18, 2020, India will not allow anyone who touches European soil to enter India (essentially Indians returning home). If you use the Middle East to fly to India, be prepared to be quarantined.
