India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the ban on scheduled international flights into and out of India till midnight on June 30, said a report.

 

The current suspension of regular international passenger flights was to have expired on May 31, news agency WAM reported.

 

India suspended all overseas passenger traffic at the end of March last year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, as the pandemic abated in the second half of 2020, India signed "air bubble" arrangements for the global movement of passengers as a temporary measure pending the resumption of scheduled flights.

 

India has also been operating special flights for the repatriation of its citizens from abroad since May 2020.

 

The latest order exempts international cargo movements by air and passenger flights specifically approved by the DGCA, the report said.