Covid: Hong Kong bars Air India for fifth time, now till December 3
NEW DELHI: Hong Kong has for the fifth time suspended Air India (AI) flights, now from Friday till December 3. The Chinese special administrative region’s (SAR) suspends flights of any airline whose five or more passengers test positive on arrival, for two weeks.
The latest restriction on AI comes for the same reason. While confirming AI has been “barred for 14 days till December 3,” a senior official wondered why that had happened as it “didn’t have any flight scheduled during this (the latest restriction) period.”
Earlier, Hong Kong had barred AI flights from Delhi thrice — one each in August, September and October. On one occasion, Vistara was also barred with AI. Flights from Mumbai were barred in October-end for two weeks.
