India to resume scheduled international flights from Dec 15

Scheduled international flights to and from India will resume on December 15 after a gap of around 20 months.

The resumption of flights will be based on the coronavirus risk levels of individual countries, according to a government order.

The aviation ministry’s order has divided countries into three groups on the basis of the Union health ministry’s Covid analysis.

Countries not at risk: Flights in line with bilateral air service agreements or the pre-Covid schedule.

This group includes the US and Canada.

Countries at risk but with which India has an air bubble agreement: Flights to be kept at 75 per cent of pre-Covid times.