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International Flights: Air India Announces Weekly Flights From Delhi to Kathmandu | Check Schedule Here

International Flights Latest News: As part of the Central government’s Vande Bharat Mission, India’s national carrier Air India on Friday announced weekly flight schedule to Kathmandu in Nepal and said it will operate flights to the Himalayan nation on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday. Fly non-stop between Delhi and Kathmandu every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday, the airline said in a tweet.

As per earlier reports, the national flag carriers of Nepal and India have increased the number of weekly flights from two to six on the Kathmandu-Delhi route under the air bubble arrangement between the two countries.

At present, the airlines of both countries are operating flights under air bubble arrangement between Nepal and India that allows one weekly flight in either direction amidst the travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, there has been an increase in demand for tickets with an exponential rise in the number of outbound passengers from Kathmandu, mostly travelling for medical treatment, and passengers have been scrambling to get tickets on the route.

Raj Kumar Chettri, the spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, told the Kathmandu Post that Nepal Airlines and Air India have been permitted to operate three flights a week each and will be effective from Monday.

Full weekly schedule: As per the approved schedule, now Air India will operate flights on the sector on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, while Nepal Airlines, which operates services every Wednesday, is yet to get the slot approval from India’s civil aviation regulator.

It must be noted that the Nepal government on April 29 announced a second lockdown and restricted domestic flights from midnight of May 3 and international flights from midnight of May 6.

Flight suspension extended: On the other hand, the DGCA on Friday extended the suspension of scheduled international flights till August 31. “However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation added.

Scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May 2020 and under bilateral “air bubble” arrangements with selected countries since July 2020.

Air bubble agreement: So far, India has formed air bubble pacts with around 24 countries including the US, the UK, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan and France. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories.



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