Air Bubbles for international flight: What are travel bubbles India has negotiated

International Flights in India: The country is set to resume overseas passenger flights from today, though on limited routes and numbers under the ‘bilateral air bubbles’, even as coronavirus infections crossed the 1-million mark in the country. India has established individual bilateral bubbles with France and the US to resume international passenger flights, according to civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri. He also informed that talks are in final stages for similar arrangements with Germany and the UK.

So what are these ‘air bubbles’ or travel bubbles?

India has suspended international passenger flights since March in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Also, several nations closed their border for foreigners to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic;