{"id":18936,"date":"2022-03-14T12:41:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T07:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=18936"},"modified":"2022-03-14T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T07:11:54","slug":"73-citizens-against-india-restarting-international-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/73-citizens-against-india-restarting-international-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"73% citizens against India restarting international flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Approximately three out of every four Indians are opposed to the <strong>full-fledged launch of international flights<\/strong> beginning this month&#8217;s end, as several countries are experiencing a significant increase in COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">The survey received 12,618 responses from citizens living in India's 294 districts. \n\nAccording to the survey company, 44 percent of respondents were from tier-1 cities, 35 percent from tier-2 cities, and 21 percent from tier-3, 4, and rural districts.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came after the overall <strong>COVID case count in India fell to less than 5,000 per day<\/strong>, with the test positivity rate falling to less than 0.5 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/88027898.jpg\" alt=\"Three out of every four Indians are opposed to the full-fledged launch of international flights beginning this month's end\" class=\"wp-image-18940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/88027898.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/88027898-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While many countries around the world reopened following the Omicron variant&#8217;s weak impact, countries such as <em>Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Australia are seeing hospitalizations due to a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Start commercial international flights from all countries as planned,&#8221; approximately 25% of citizens said. <\/p><p>Around 41% said commercial international flights should only begin from countries with a &#8220;<strong>TPR of less than 5%<\/strong>,&#8221; while 14% said &#8220;<strong>TPR of less than 2%<\/strong>.&#8221; <\/p><p>According to the survey company, 18% of citizens said &#8220;<strong>Postpone restarting of all commercial international flights for now,<\/strong>&#8221; while 2% did not have an opinion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In light of BA.2.2 and related mutations, 73 percent of citizens are opposed to resuming full-schedule commercial international flights on March 27, 2022.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p> &#8220;The majority of them want the government to restart commercial international flights from countries with <strong>test positivity rates <a href=\"http:\/\/TPR.com\">(TPR)<\/a> <\/strong>in the low single digits, i.e., less than 5%, preferably 2%&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Master.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Although the Government maintains that international operations will be subject to strict adherence to the<strong> Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare guidelines<\/strong> for international travel,&#8221; said a statement from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p> &#8220;However, the operation faces a new challenge as the world, particularly in countries across Europe and Asia, is currently grappling with the more transmissible rise of BA 2.2 sub-lineage of BA 2 variant of Omicron.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with  Aviation a2z. 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