India’s civil aviation regulator, the DGCA has extended the ban on the international commercial flights till January 31.
Earlier, the officials had announced to allow the resumptions of commercial flights from December 15.
On December 1, the Directorate General of Central Aviation (DGCA) said it is “closely monitoring” the situation emerging out of the Covid-19’s Omicron variant.
“This restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA.”
On Tuesday, the Centre had mandated the contactless self-declaration by international passengers on ‘Air Suvidha’ portal.
“For immigration, the copy received in e-mail is essential on arrival in India and has to be verified at the ‘APHO’ counter,” the statement said.
“This helps in smooth on-arrival segregation and processing. The application also takes into account countries visited in the last 14 days to highlight ‘at risk’ applications. This field has also been made into multi-select drop-down option for standardisation.”
