Flight bookings from India to Dubai open, first flight on July 15

From July 15, Indians will be able to fly to Dubai and they can start booking tickets now. However, only some routes from India will be operational as UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has maintained its status quo on the indefinite suspension of inbound passengers from India until further notice, according to the Khaleej Times.

Travel from India was suspended on April 24 due to the Covid-19 Delta variant which fuelled the second wave of the pandemic. Since then, the decision to remove the suspension of flights has gone through multiple changes and flights were expected to start on July 15.

However, scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the pandemic.