Hong Kong suspends Air India ops for a fortnight
New Delhi: Hong Kong’s civil aviation watchdog, Civil Aviation Department, has temporarily suspended national carrier Air India Limited’s operations to the city state after passengers on-board the carrier traveling to the region tested positive for covid-19, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Air India’s operations to Hong Kong will now remain suspended for a fortnight upto 3 October.
The Hong Kong government had in September strengthened regulations for airlines carrying covid-19 positive passengers on board its flights to the metropolitan area, South China Morning Post said in a recent report.
“Under emergency health regulations tightened on September 15, any airline that carries five Covid-19 passengers or more, or two consecutive Hwith three or more diagnosed passengers, faces being banned from Hong Kong,” the newspaper had said.
