75 flights to take off for US, Canada during third phase of Vande Bharat Mission : Puri
New Delhi, June 6, 2020 : Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that AirIndia has announced that it has started bookings from 1700 hrs on 5 June for 75 additional flights to destinations in US & Canada including New York, Newark, Chicago, Washington, SFO, Vancouver & Toronto under 3rd Phase of Vande Bharat Mission between 9-30 June 2020.
He said that those who wish to travel to US & Canada & fulfill required entry conditions can book themselves on these outbound flights. Some foreign airlines have already carried out evacuation flights & are planning to operate more flights. These flights will also take foreign nationals.
He said that normal International civil aviation operations will only start when they can. Right now most of our metro cities are under some form of restrictions due to which people from other cities cannot travel to catch flights &we also have requirement for mandatory quarantine on arrival.
He further said that we have to wait for the domestic operations to touch about 50-60% & consider the behaviour of the virus & its spread to fully lift these restrictions & Lockdown. He said that till then flights under Vande Bharat Mission are facilitating both inbound & outbound international passengers.
Meanwhile Canadian Embassy in India has also tweeted information about flights from India to Canada and has urged Canadian struck in India to book their flight for retuning home.