The new rules for the
passengers travelling via the Mumbai
airport, including those having
connected ights, are in line with the
directives issued by the state and central governments on Monday, the airport
operator said in a release.
The central government on Monday said all the UK-India ights will be
suspended from December 23 to December 31 in view of the emergence of a
new coronavirus strain in that country.
It also said all passengers coming from the UK on Monday and Tuesday would be compulsorily tested for coronavirus on arrival at airports.
Separately, the Maharashtra government in a circular on Monday said it has
decided to conduct institutional quarantine for all passengers from all over
Europe and the Middle East for 14 days after landing at the airport, as well as
home quarantine for passengers from other countries.
"Eective December 22, passengers arriving from the Middle East and
European countries, irrespective of their further travel plans, will be subjected
to mandatory institutional quarantine.
"Any passenger identied as being symptomatic on arrival will be transferred
to designated COVID-19 facility for further evaluation," CSMIA said in a
statement.
Passengers arriving from these regions will be transported by state oicials to
nearby hotels of their preference to undergo institutional quarantine for seven
days at their own cost, it added.
According to the airport operator, on Monday, CSMIA had four ights - one
from Amsterdam and three from London - carrying over 690 passengers; while
on Tuesday, there was no ight either arriving or departing from and to
London, it said.
However, there are ve ights arriving and eight departing to Dubai and one
departing for Doha, it added.
22/12/20 PTI/Economic Times
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