Flight talks focus on quarantine agency
The Centre and the state government are discussing which agency should be responsible for ensuring evacuees from international destinations have booked quarantine facilities in Calcutta before boarding their flights, officials said on Tuesday.
The civil aviation ministry has permitted three foreign airlines — Emirates, Etihad Airways and Air Arabia — to operate evacuation flights to Calcutta. Such flights to the city are now suspended.
The state government has informed the city airport that domestic flights to and from six cities that are now suspended will be allowed to operate from July 20, sources said. The cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Nagpur — have a high Covid prevalence.
