Mumbai: Low-cost carrier GoAir on Tuesday suspended its international operations till April 15, even as major carriers like Air India rolled out a curtailed flight schedule for its short and medium haul flights which will last up to April end, while its flights to London, Vienna, Frankfurt, Birmingham stand cancelled from Wednesday till this month end.
IndiGo too will be cancelling its flights between Delhi-Istanbul and Chennai-Kuala Lumpur from Wednesday till March 31. “The airline has already cancelled flights between Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur until March end and Delhi-Kuala Lumpur until April 30,” it said.
The impact of Covid-19 on air travel in India will be most visible in Delhi and Mumbai airports as air traffic and passenger traffic are expected to dip to unprecedented lows in March and April. While Mumbai airport handled 840 flight movements in 24 hours on Monday—down from the average of 950 movements/day—it is expected to slide down further as the two new travel advisories issued this week by the Indian government come into effect. In the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning, India had announced the ban of entry of passengers from countries in the EU, the UK, Turkey, Malaysia and then those on low-demand routes like Afghanistan and Philippines till March 31.
In keeping with the latest travel restrictions, Air India has cancelled all Europe-bound flights from Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad effective Wednesday till March 31. Among the reduced AI frequencies are flights from Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai to Colombo, scheduled from March 24 to April 30; AI flights operating to/from Muscat from stations like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad will be severely curtailed from March 17 to April 30; Delhi and Kochi to Dubai flights to be brought down to thrice a week from daily between March 21 and April 30; and Chennai-Dubai will operate four days a week instead of daily. Among the other curtailments are to routes like Bengaluru/Goa-Dubai, Mumbai-Abu Dhabi, Calicut-Sharjah, Chennai/Trivandrum-Sharjah, and Mumbai-Nairobi. AI flights to Dhaka have been largely curtailed from March 22 to June 30.
18/03/20 Times of India
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IndiGo too will be cancelling its flights between Delhi-Istanbul and Chennai-Kuala Lumpur from Wednesday till March 31. “The airline has already cancelled flights between Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur until March end and Delhi-Kuala Lumpur until April 30,” it said.
The impact of Covid-19 on air travel in India will be most visible in Delhi and Mumbai airports as air traffic and passenger traffic are expected to dip to unprecedented lows in March and April. While Mumbai airport handled 840 flight movements in 24 hours on Monday—down from the average of 950 movements/day—it is expected to slide down further as the two new travel advisories issued this week by the Indian government come into effect. In the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning, India had announced the ban of entry of passengers from countries in the EU, the UK, Turkey, Malaysia and then those on low-demand routes like Afghanistan and Philippines till March 31.
In keeping with the latest travel restrictions, Air India has cancelled all Europe-bound flights from Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad effective Wednesday till March 31. Among the reduced AI frequencies are flights from Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai to Colombo, scheduled from March 24 to April 30; AI flights operating to/from Muscat from stations like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad will be severely curtailed from March 17 to April 30; Delhi and Kochi to Dubai flights to be brought down to thrice a week from daily between March 21 and April 30; and Chennai-Dubai will operate four days a week instead of daily. Among the other curtailments are to routes like Bengaluru/Goa-Dubai, Mumbai-Abu Dhabi, Calicut-Sharjah, Chennai/Trivandrum-Sharjah, and Mumbai-Nairobi. AI flights to Dhaka have been largely curtailed from March 22 to June 30.
18/03/20 Times of India
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