DGCA extends suspension of int’l flights till Feb 28
Amid the rise in Omicron Covid cases, the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the suspension on scheduled international passenger flights till 28 February 2022. Flights under air bubble arrangements will not be affected, it said.
“The authority has decided to extend the suspension of Scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of 28th February 2022,” reads an official order of the DGCA. The decision comes as the world is braving a fresh wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by Omicron, the latest variant of COVID-19.
The DGCA had on November 26, 2021, announced that India will resume scheduled international passenger flights from December 15, 2021.
