UAE bans travel from India for 10 days from Apr 25
Dubai: The UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country.
The travel ban will come into effect from 11.59 pm on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported.
Passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days will also not be permitted to board from any other point to the UAE, the report said.
However, departure flights will continue to operate and the ban will not extend to UAE citizens, diplomatic passport holders and official delegations, it said.
Dubai, April 22: The UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country.
The travel ban will come into effect from 11.59 pm on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported.
Passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days will also not be permitted to board from any other point to the UAE, the report said.
However, departure flights will continue to operate and the ban will not extend to UAE citizens, diplomatic passport holders and official delegations, it said.
Anil Punjabi, chairman, Eastern Region, Travel Agents’ Federation of India said travel agents in India received the notification from Emirates.
Effective April 24, 2021 and for the next 10 days, Emirates flights from India to the UAE will be suspended. Furthermore, passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days will not be accepted to travel from any other point to the UAE.
Affected customers should contact their travel agent or Emirates contact centre for rebooking options, the airline said in a travel advisory on its website.
The travel and tourism sector in India have already been hit hard by the pandemic. Further flight suspensions are an additional blow, Punjabi was quoted as saying in the report.
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