CHINA-OPERATED AIRLINES SUSPENDS CARGO FLIGHTS TO INDIA

BEIJING: The largest cargo flight operator from China to India, the Chinese state-owned Sichuan Airlines, has suspended all cargo flights to India for 15 days because of the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.

The suspension, which is likely to disrupt frantic efforts by Indian private companies to import medical supplies, including oxygen concentrators, to fight the pandemic from China, comes despite Beijing’s repeated offers of “support and assistance” to India to fight the pandemic. The airlines operated 10 flights on six routes to four Indian cities - New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bangalore.→p4