The Centre has extended the ban on scheduled international commercial passenger flights to and from India till September 30.
In a circular on Sunday, the civil aviation regulator said: “The competent authority has further extended the validity of circular issued on the subject cited above regarding Scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of September 30, 2021.”
It added that this restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights approved by the DGCA.
Before the extension of the ban, India was considering lifting the restrictions on international commercial flights after August 31. However, in face of the looming threat of the third wave of covid infection the ban has been extended.
