International flights to stay suspended till July 31

The directorate general of civil aviation yesterday extended the suspension on scheduled commercial international flight operations to and from India till July 31. The development comes exactly a week after the suspension on oversees air services was extended till July 15. “However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on case to case basis,” a circular read. Last month, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that re-commencement of international flight services will depend on factors like ‘border acceptance’ norms in the arriving country and the traffic demand.