India, Germany to hold talks on October 6 on resumption of flights

New Delhi: Germany said on Friday it will hold talks with India on October 6 on how to resume passenger flight operations between the two countries. “We have received signals that India is also interested in a quick and satisfactory solution for both sides,” the German Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) told .

On Tuesday, Lufthansa had announced cancellation of all “planned flights” between India and Germany from September 30 to October 20 because of an “unexpected rejection” of its flight schedule by the Indian authorities.

Air India on Thursday cancelled all 12 flights between Frankfurt and India till October 14 because Germany withdrew its permission to operate them.