(TAN): India has added Tanzania, Netherlands and Rwanda to the list of countries with whom it now has an air travel bubble arrangement. This takes the total number of countries, to where Indians now can travel, to 21, said media reports.
India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had earlier pointed out that air bubbles are “at a stage short of normal civil aviation activities”. In other words, these flights are a little more evolved than the repatriation flights, but have not yet reached the “normal” stage.
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Under the arrangement, airlines from both the countries are allowed to operate a specified number of flights between cities.
The countries in the updated list are: Afghanistan, Bhutan, US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Netherlands, Canada, Iraq, Kenya, Oman and Ukraine.
Although domestic flights resumed in May, India has kept scheduled international travel suspended which has now been extended till November 30. The government has been operating international flights under the Vande Bharat Mission for repatriation of Indian citizens.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation had released guidelines on who can travel out, or travel to India, under the repatriation and travel bubble flights.
In October, the government had relaxed visa restrictions for international passengers. Under the new rules, only those with tourist visas would be barred from entering India.
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