India to decide on resuming international flights when countries ease curbs: Puri

NEW DELHI: India will take a call on resuming schedule international flights as soon as foreign countries start accepting foreign citizens. Aviation minister H S Puri on Sunday reviewed the situation for resuming schedule flights as there is huge demand for travel to and from India. With Air India being the only airline doing so currently under Vande Bharat Mission (VBM), passengers who wish to fly out of India face an extremely uphill task for booking tickets whenever AI starts taking bookings due to crores of hits on its website. The site slows down and people have to keep trying for several hours before — and if — they get lucky enough to grab a seat to any destination in the US.
“A decision to resume regular international operations will be taken as soon as countries ease restrictions on entry of foreign nationals. Destination countries have to be ready to allow incoming flights,” Puri Tweeted on Sunday.