India postpones international flight operations till January 31

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday extended the bar on regular commercial international passenger flight services till January 31, 2022 in view of the threat from the Omicron variant of concern (VOC) of the coronavirus. The government initially notified that all scheduled passengers flights will resume from December 15 but later put the decision on hold due to rising concerns over the Omicron variant.

A circular issued by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday read said “the competent authority has decided to extend the suspension of scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359hrs of 31st January, 2022”.