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India Decides To Resume International Flight Operations At 3200 In A Week
New Delhi: During the summer schedule that commences on March 27, 2022, India has decided to allow operations of 3200 international flights per week. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said that 1466 departures are approved for Indian carriers in a week. Meanwhile, 1783 departures will be allowed for the foreign airline carriers.
The Summer Schedule of 2022 commenced from March, 27, 2022 to October 29, 2022. DGCA has also mentioned that a total of 1466 departures have been approved for 27 countries to 43 international destinations.
Domestic Airlines
- Indigo airlines: 505
- Air India: 361
- Air India Express: 340
- Spice Spice Jet: 130
- Go Air (GoFirst now): 74
- Vistara: 56
International Airlines
60 International carriers have got the approval of operating 1783 departures to and from India during the “Summer Schedule 2022.”
- Emirates: 170
- Oman Air: 115
- Air Arabia: 110
- Qatar Airways: 99
- Gulf Air: 82
- Etihad Airways: 80
- Saudi Arabian Airlines: 63
- Kuwait Airways: 56
Other Airlines Which Also Have Got The Approval Are:
- The Sri Lankan Airlines: 128
- Singapore Airlines: 65
- British Airways: 49
- Thai Airways: 36
- The German Lufthansa: 32
- Malaysian airlines: 30
- Japan Airlines: 22
- Air France: 20
- KLM Royal Dutch: 18
- The Aeroflot Russian Airlines: 6
The Government of India on the other hand has allowed the operations to and from India of airlines like American Airlines, Qantas, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi and Salam Air. Recently, the Indian government resumed and allowed the International passenger services from 27th of March.
After considering the global data of the vaccinations and consulting with all the stakeholders, the government took this decision to resume the International operations from 27th March 2022. This was also announced by an official communiqué of the Government of India on 8th of March, 2022.
The International flights were suspended till 26th of March 2022.In February 2022; the civil aviation regulator had extended the ban on International commercial flights until “further orders.”
It was on March 23, 2020, that India banned International flight operations as a measure to control and contain the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, the government announced plans for resuming international flights from December 15, 2021. Albeit, this was later postponed as there was an emergence of the third global covid-19 wave.