After two long years of COVID-19 restrictions, the Indian government has finally lifted the banning on all international flights relieving airline companies to now operate with full capacity.
Flights will restart, like the pre-pandemic time, from March 27.
Scheduled international flight services were stopped in March 2020 due to the pandemic. However, special flights have been running between India and 37 countries since July 2020 under air bubble arrangements.
“After having recognized the grown vaccination coverage across the international and in consultation with the stakeholders, the Government of India has decided to restart scheduled commercial international passenger services to/from India from 27.03.2022, i.e. beginning of Summer Schedule 2022,” read a report from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The outcome has come as good news for airline companies that we’re losing out on revenues because of restricted operations of flights.
Shares of publicly documented airlines Indigo and SpiceJet surged more than 5% each on Wednesday on the excitement.
This comes as a relief for the aviation sector that is reeling from high fuel costs for the aircraft and restricted journey across the world.”This is good news for all tourists and the industry, mainly before the prime summer season.
International travel is picking up in India and
- The request for international travel is picking up in India and there has been a significant uptick in travel search queries for famous international destinations like Australia, Sri Lanka, US & UK.
Trip search queries from India for Australian cities like Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney have jumped 15-20% this month. We are seeing a trend of travelers now eager to book long-haul destinations, fuelled by international borders reopening and relaxation of rules across the world.
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Resumption of international commercial flights will also regularise the demand-supply balance resulting in lower international airfares,” told Aloke Bajpai, co-founder and group CEO of ixigo.“…announcement to resume international passenger flights is a welcome move for domestic and international travelers who have been waiting for a long time to make trip plans.
We are pleased that these measures will once again give a great boost to foreign tourism in the country,” told Ankush Nijhawan, joint managing director, TBO TEK, an online travel agent.
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