The aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday it’s extending the suspension of scheduled international passenger flights within the country till July 15 but added that some international scheduled services on selected routes could also be permitted on a case to case basis.
Scheduled international passenger flights were suspended in India on March 23 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The competent authority has decided that scheduled international commercial passenger services to or from India shall remain suspended till 2359 hrs IST of July 15, 2020,” said the DGCA circular.
“However, international scheduled flights could also be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case to case basis,” said the circular by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Air India and other private domestic airlines are operating unscheduled international repatriation flights under the Vande Bharat Mission, which was started on May 6 by the Central government.
India resumed scheduled domestic passenger flights on May 25, after a niche of two months.
