Hardeep Puri said: “We are ready to transport passengers to these countries when restrictions are eased.”
New Delhi:
Some countries have yet to remove restrictions on the entry of Indian nationals and the central government is ready to transport passengers to these countries when they ease their limits, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia is one of those countries that does not allow airlines to bring passengers from India currently amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are operating international flights under VBM (Vande Bharat Mission) since May 6, 2020. However, some countries, including some in the Gulf region, have not yet removed restrictions on the entry of Indian nationals,” Puri said. On twitter.
“We are ready to transport passengers to these countries when the restrictions are eased,” he added.
On October 22, the minister had said that the average fares on special flights operating between Kerala and Bahrain are between 30,000 and 39,000 rupees, as the Gulf country allows only 750 passengers to come from India per week.
Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, special international passenger flights have been operating in India under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble agreements formed between India and other countries since July.
India began scheduled domestic passenger flights on May 25 after a two-month gap due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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