The Ministry of Civil Aviation is considering travel requests from several countries. It is looking at the possibility of establishing individual "bilateral bubbles" like of India-US, India-France, India-Germany, India-UK. Seems like a ray of hope for international travel.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation is considering travel requests from several countries. It is looking at the possibility of establishing individual "bilateral bubbles" like of India-US, India-France, India-Germany, India-UK. Seems like a ray of hope for international travel.
In a recent tweet from the ministry informed that, “it has received requests from concerned authorities in several countries including the US, France, Germany among others requesting that their air carriers be allowed to participate in the transportation of passengers along the line being conducted by Air India under Vande Bharat Mission. These requests are being examined.”
"We have also had one round of negotiations with the US on June 15 with representatives of the US Department of Transportation and US Embassy on this issue. They were invited to submit precise proposals in this respect. Communication has now been received on June 19, 2020, detailing these requests. As we move from controlled and managed aviation evacuation of our citizens in different parts of the world and foreign nationals from India, we are now looking at the possibility of establishing bilateral arrangements." The Ministry said further adding, "These evacuation flights which were primarily meant for the evacuation of our citizens from all over the world are now increasingly carrying Indians and citizens of other countries outbound to countries where they are normally resident."
Quite recently, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had indicated at reopening international travel once India`s domestic traffic reaches about 50-60 percent and other countries open up to international traffic without present conditionalities. In a press conference as well, Puri had said that resumption of international flights would depend on other countries to be open to receive flights. Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola had said both ends should be ready and there has to be traffic if international operations have to begin.
He said, "There is a significant amount of traffic between India and the North American continent. We may think of opening flights on a case to case basis."
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