No foreign flights till July 31: DGCA

New Delhi: While extending the suspension of scheduled international passengers to the country till July 31 in view of coronavirus, the Director General of Civil Aviation on Friday said that some international scheduled services on selected routes may be permitted on a case to case basis.

While extending the suspension of scheduled international passengers to the country till July 31 in view of global novel coronavirus pandemic, the Director General of Civil Aviation on Friday said that some international scheduled services on selected routes may be permitted on a case to case basis.

This comes days after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said the government will start thinking on the resumption of scheduled international passenger flights in midJuly when it expects the domestic air traffic to reach 50-55 per cent of the levels before the Covid-19 outbreak. As on date it is 45 per cent.

The scheduled international passenger flights to and fro India remain suspended since March 23 due to the Covid-19 situation.