Passengers on Air India’s flight from London to Calcutta will no longer have to show a Covid negative certificate before boarding the aircraft but they will have to undergo a test and wait for about six hours after arriving here.
The Calcutta airport authorities have created a waiting facility for such passengers at the old domestic terminal building that is lying unused. The facility has been created after the state government issued a revised SOP for passengers arriving from London.
Passengers of the direct Air India flight from London not carrying a Covid-19 negative report “will be required to get an RT-PCR test conducted on payment basis from the state authorised designated testing facility at the airport,” the new SOP stated.
