Air travel is also being affected due to the rise in Coronacases in India. At present, India has air bubble arrangements with 13countries. These countries are the US, UK, Germany, France, UAE, Maldives, Canada,Japan, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Qatar, and Iraq.
Corona cases are on the rise in India. The Union governmentis lifting restrictions step by step to resume air operations as normal. TheCentral Govt. is currently in talks with other countries as well.
Apart from this, under the Vande Mataram mission, airflights are also being flown to bring back the Indians stranded in thesecountries. However, some countries like Kuwait have imposed complete travelrestrictions on India. Hong Kong has suspended Air India flights until October3.
The central government has gradually lifted the ban ondomestic flights. In addition, domestic and food services have been restored.
The latest developments on Thursday have allowed airlines todecide whether to carry luggage. Earlier, guidelines for the resumption of domestictravel were issued with effect from May 25.