The Directorate General of Civil Aviation extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial flights till December 31. The planes will fly only on select routes on a case-to-case basis. The restrictions, however, are not applicable to international all-cargo operations and flights specially approved by the DGCA. The suspension comes at a time when India’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 92.66 lakh, including 1,35,223 deaths.
“In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has further extended the validity of circular issued on the subject cited above regarding Scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of 31st December 2020,” a notification from the industry regulator said. All international commercial flights have remained suspended since March 25 when the Centre imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. However, Indian airlines have been permitted to operate special international flights under the Vande Bharat Mission since May.
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