International flights to remain suspended in India through January
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NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Commercial international flights to and from India will remain suspended until Jan. 31 next year, India's civil aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the restriction will not be applicable for international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA.
"In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has further extended the validity of circular ... regarding Scheduled International commercial passenger services" through January 2021, the order issued by DGCA said. "However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on case to case basis."
Commercial flights were suspended when India imposed nationwide lockdown late in March to curb the COVID-19 outbreak.
Domestic flights resumed operations in India on May 25 after nearly two months of suspension.
Indian authorities have been operating special international flights since May and under bilateral "air bubble" arrangements with selected countries since July. Enditem
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