Aviation: DGCA Approves Foreign Airlines to operate 1783 departures per week to/from India
New Delhi: DGCA has approved foreign airlines to operate 1,783 departures per week to/from India in the summer schedule. There will be a total of 60 foreign airlines from 40 countries that will operate these departures, including the likes of Salam Air, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Qantas, and American Airlines.
After about two years, the scheduled international flight operations have finally resumed which will be a major relief for those who could not travel or had to jump through hoops in order to understand the ever-changing rules and regulations between different countries.
This is a part of the total 3,249 weekly departures approved by DGCA out of which, 1,466 will be operated by Indian Airlines to international destinations.
Indian Airlines have been approved to operate to 43 destinations in 27 countries. This includes United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Maldives, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkey, Malaysia, United Kingdom, France, Kenya, Germany, USA, Canada, Myanmar, Australia, Israel, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia.
As per DGCA, Foreign carriers are approved to operate to/from Mauritius, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, United States of America, Iraq, Kenya, Bangladesh, Germany, Singapore, Yemen, Srilanka, Bahrain, Maldives, Nepal, Iran, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Kuwait, Tanzania, Netherlands, France, Japan, Rwanda, Russia, United Arab Emirates(UAE), Australia, Qatar, Ethiopia, Oman, Seychelles, Kazakhstan, Britain, Myanmar, Canada, Finland, Poland, Bhutan, and Egypt.
(Smit Soni)
