India and Nepal have decided to launch an air bubble arrangement for restarting commercial flights, after months of disruption caused by the pandemic.
Accordingly, India and Nepal Governments today approved the recommencement of regular scheduled flights between Delhi and Kathmandu under Air Transport Bubble mechanism. Air India and Nepal Airlines shall be operating these daily flights, stated Embassy of India in Kathmandu.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has entered into air bubble arrangements with various countries albeit regular international flights remain banned owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international passenger flights can be operated by their airlines into each other's territories.
Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the covid-19 outbreak. Nevertheless, special international passenger flights have been operating in India under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble arrangements formed between India and other countries since July.
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