Air India Cancels Flights To Hong Kong Due To Covid Restrictions Amid Rise In Cases

Passengers arriving from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if they have a Covid-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey.

Air India flights cancelled from and to Hong Kong (Image Source: PTI)

New Delhi: Air India in a tweet informed that due to restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong authorities and limited services in the sector it has cancelled flights to and from Hong Kong in light of Covid-19.

"Due to restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong authorities and limited demand on the sector, our flights to Hong Kong and back of 19th and 23rd April stand cancelled," Air India tweeted on Sunday.

#FlyAI: Due to restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong authorities and limited demand on the sector, our flights to Hong Kong & back of 19th and 23rd April stand cancelled.

— Air India (@airindiain) April 17, 2022

According to an ANI report, passengers arriving from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if they have a Covid-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey, according to rules issued by the Hong Kong government.

Earlier in January, this year, Hong Kong had announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including India, as the world continues to witness a surge in the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam had announced the flight suspension at a press conference.

She said that the ban will affect passengers from Australia, Britain, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United States, including transferring passengers, according to Xinhua.

Lam further said that the decision on the flight suspension was made because of a rapid change in the local Covid-19 situation.

 

(With Agency Inputs)