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Air India has made an important policy announcement, deciding to defer all points expiry and freezing their members status until Flying ‘Returns’ at the other end of this pandemic outbreak.
There is much confusion about who can travel out of India and who can travel to India at this moment. I try and work my way through the answers. For one, travel to the USA from India is open.
The first time I’ve stepped out of home after the pandemic started, and it reminds me of why will travel get back on its feet. It is because we need it more than they need us.
If you were thinking of flying into India or heading outside the country over the next few weeks, let’s forget it. India has formally announced that all flights outside the country will not be operative until at least September 1, 2020.
Great News, United has come up with over 50 flights which will bring Indians/ Americans/ Canadians back from India to USA/Canada over the course of August 2020. Flights are all open and here is how to book these flights.
Boeing today declared that they will be downsizing the number of planes they build every month in anticipation of the CoronaVirus induced slowdown for aviation. This also means they have now confirmed that they will shut the Boeing 747 production soon.
If you were thinking of flying into India or heading outside the country over the next few weeks, let’s forget it. India has announced that for now, only travel under the Vande Bharat Mission is allowed.
Air India is planning to operate more flights around the world to bring Indians back home. Phase 5 of the Vande Bharat Mission start August 1 onwards.
IATA, the global air travel body which has most airlines as members, stated in a call with journalists that they foresee the recovery of aviation by a year, given how it has been not able to jumpstart due to the coronavirus after so many months.
SpiceJet has engaged with Hi-Fly, Portugal-based wet-lease specialist to operate a charter flight from the Netherlands to India on August 1, 2020.
Air India had initially started the India – USA Air bubble operations by announcing 190 flights between the two countries, now it is down to 83 flights through the whole month.
