SUSPENSION OF FLIGHTS FROM INDIA-UAE TILL JULY 21
Source : GULF NEWS
Date : 26th June, 2021
Date : 26th June, 2021
UAE's GCAA -General Civil Aviation Authority has announced that inbound passenger traffic from India would remain suspended until July 21. They also mentioned that flights from India and 13 other countries, including Liberia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Uganda, Zambia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and South Africa, will remain suspended until July 21, 2021. The cargo as well as business and charter flights would be exempted.
The suspension includes inbound transit passengers with exception of transit flights coming to the UAE and heading to India. The GCAA had previously stated that UAE nationals and diplomatic missions between the two countries, official delegations, businessmen's planes and golden residence holders are excluded from the decision, provided that they should take preventive measures that include a mandatory 10-day quarantine and a PCR test at the airport as well as another test on the fourth and eighth days of entering the country.
The new protocol also said passengers from India were required to undergo a rapid PCR test four hours prior to departure to Dubai.
