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Air India is rightsizing its European operations, hacking it into half to start and cutting down all the recently launched new routes, such as Stockholm and the Nordics from its route network with immediate effect.
Air Canada will resume their Indian operations in the coming days, as it gets permissions in place to operate green lane flights to India from August 15, 2020, onwards.
Lufthansa will resurrect their Indian operations in the coming days, as it gets permissions in place to operate green lane flights to India from August 13, 2020, onwards.
British Airways will resume passenger flying on Indian routes on August 17, 2020, onwards with the first in-bound flights scheduled from London Heathrow on August 16, 2020. This should enable Indians and other citizens to travel to the UK and beyond on British Airways.
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.
From August 8, 2020, onwards, you may not have to quarantine on arrival in India. This would be decided on a case to case basis, but made possible if you have a recent CoVid-19 negative test report before starting your flight to India.
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.
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.
