Situation in UK very serious, extend flight ban till Jan 31: Kejriwal to Centre

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday urged the Centre to keep flight services between India and the United Kingdom suspended till January 31 to prevent the transmission of the new variant of the coronavirus.

The Centre had on January 1 announced a graded resumption of flights on the India-UK route from January 8. There will be 15 flights per week, as against over 60 during usual times, on this route for the first two weeks after resumption, it had said, while also outlining a fresh Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

While the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has already directed authorities to implement the SOP, Kejriwal took to Twitter to oppose the decision, observing that the situation in the UK is “very serious”.