Hours after suspending operations of Air India Express flights to Dubai for flying in covid-19 positive passengers, aviation authorities in the Gulf emirate revoked the suspension, allowing the Indian government-owned airline to resume flights. Earlier on Friday, the Dubai Civil Aviation authority had suspended these flights for a fortnight from 18 September to 2 October, after the Indian carrier was found to have flown covid-19 infected passengers to Dubai.
“The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority has revoked the suspension and operations of the airline will be allowed to operate normally from tomorrow (19 September),” a senior Air India Express official said on condition of anonymity.
“It was a genuine mistake by the airline, and ground handling agencies and the authorities overreacted by dishing out a suspension order.
