Emirates will now operate repatriation flights to Dubai from a total of nine Indian cities until July 26.
New Delhi:
Emirates airline said on Sunday it would operate repatriation flights from four other Indian cities of Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata to Dubai until July 26.
The Dubai-based airline announced on July 11 that it would operate special repatriation flights from Bengaluru, Kochi, Delhi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between July 12 and 26.
The airline will now operate repatriation flights to Dubai from a total of nine Indian cities until July 26.
In a press release Sunday, the airline said repatriation flights between Kochi, Delhi, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Dubai are allowed to carry eligible passengers in both directions.
However, flights from Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata to Dubai “will only carry passengers to India,” the airline said. The Ministry of Civil Aviation said on July 9 that India and the United Arab Emirates had reached a bilateral agreement – also known as an air bubble – under which the airlines of the two countries would operate international flights carrying eligible passengers. Charter flights operated by UAE carriers would now be allowed to bring UAE Indian citizens to India and carry “ICA approved UAE residents” upon their return, the ministry said.
The ICA represents the United Arab Emirates Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship. On trips from India to the United Arab Emirates, all of these flights will only carry passengers who are destined for the Gulf country, he noted.
India resumed domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a two-month gap due to the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus.
While scheduled international passenger flights continue to be suspended in the country since March 23, India has established bilateral air bubbles with four countries – the United States, the United Arab Emirates, France and the United States. ‘Germany – in which airlines from both countries are allowed to operate internationally. passenger flights with certain restrictions.
More than 10 lakh people have been infected and around 26,000 people have died to date from a coronavirus in India.
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