New Delhi (NVI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today said that the Government is continuously monitoring the Covid-19 situation in the country and will consider restarting international flights as soon as things get normal.
“We are continuously monitoring the situation & will consider restarting international flights as soon as situation normalises a bit & poses no danger to our citizens,” Puri said in a series of tweets.
We are continuously monitoring the situation & will consider restarting international flights as soon as situation normalises a bit & poses no danger to our citizens.
We will also have to consider that countries where we intend to fly are open to incoming foreign citizens.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 3, 2020
The minister added that the Government will also have to consider those countries “where we intend to fly are open to incoming foreign citizens”.
Puri, in another tweet, said that several more flights will be added in the third phase of Vande Bharat Mission. “These flights will also carry outbound passengers to countries which have no restrictions on taking them in. So people can also avail these flights to return to the countries they wish to go,” he added.
In another tweet, Puri said Indians continue to return home on Vande Bharat flights from different parts of the world.
“Today, 2716 people have returned from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Moscow, Jeddah & Kiev. The mission has been further ramped up with announcement of Phase-3 between 9-30 June,” he added.
At present, all international flight operations in Indian remain suspended under the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. Only domestic flights have been allowed to operate across the country last month with strict Covid protocols.
