In a circular released on Friday, the DGCA said: In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has extended the validity of the circular issues on the subject regarding scheduled International commercial passenger services to/from India till 2359 hrs IST of July 31, 2020.
The ministry added that these restrictions shall not apply to the international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA.
Moreover, the International scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on cases to case basis.
All the commercial passenger flights in India had remained suspended since March 25, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the transmission of Coronavirus in India.
Ministry of Civil Aviation had resumed limited operations of domestic passenger services in India from may 25, almost after two months of suspension because of lockdown.
While commencing the domestic flights, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said that the ministry will decide on starting international flights in July after examining the Coronavirus situation.
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Meanwhile, the United States last month barred India from operating chartered flights between India and the US. Upon the unfavorable development, the MoCA India had said that they are considering prospects to establish connectivity on the lines of Vande Bharat Mission.
After the announcement by the Aviation Ministry, India is now likely to allow carriers from selected European countries and the United States to launch flight connectivity in and out of India in the lines of Vande Bharat mission. This will allow carriers to bring back stranded Indian passengers from and also fly out from Indian, providing options to the stranded passengers.