New Delhi: India to resume all international passenger flights by March 27 with full capacity, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in Upper House on Monday (Mar 14).
“All regular international flights will operate in 100 per cent capacity by March 27 as the coronavirus situation in India has improved now,” Scindia said.
The government had banned all international scheduled flights from March 23, 2020. The ban stretched for nearly two years in the midst of a raging pandemic.
However, special international flights have been operating between India and about 35 other countries since July 2020 under the air bubble.
The move is expected to boost international tourism and will help soften airfares’ which have been soaring due to an increase in crude oil prices.
