India, UAE agree on to-and-fro flights

India and the UAE have agreed to allow their airlines to carry passengers on to-and-fro charter flights to be operated between the countries from July 12 to 26, the ministry of civil aviation said on Thursday.

Currently, an Indian carrier operating a repatriation flight from the UAE is not allowed to carry any passenger from here to the Gulf country. Similarly, a UAE carrier cannot carry passengers to India.

Many Indians who have valid residence permits of the UAE and are currently in India have been complaining on social media for the past few weeks about the lack of flights between the two countries.