International Flights: DCGI Extends Suspension Of Operations To & From India Till September 30

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Sunday announced an extension of the ban on scheduled international commercial passenger flights to and from India till September 30.</p> <p>The ban was previously extended till the end of August.</p> <p>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."</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ |<span style="color: #e03e2d;"> <a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/3DvejV4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1479048">Afghanistan Crisis: UNSC Drops Taliban Reference From Statement On Terror Activities</a></span></strong></p> <p>This restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights approved by the DGCA.&nbsp;However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the regulator on a case-to-case basis, the order stated.</p> <p>Scheduled international passenger flights were suspended in India in March last year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.</p> <p>While domestic flights resumed in May 2020 and were gradually increased, international travel has remained suspended with the continuous extension of the ban.</p> <p>The extension comes as India reported 45,083 new COVID cases in the past 24 hours, slightly lower than yesterday's 46,759, taking the total infections to over 3.26 crore.</p> <p>The country has reported 460 deaths and 35,840 recoveries in the last 24 hours; active caseload 3,68,558. The nation's recovery rate currently stands at 97.53 per cent.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Over 73.8 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. The total doses administered in the country have exceeded 63.09 crores so far, the health ministry said.</p>

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