Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday that Air India will begin operating a weekly flight between Indore in Madhya Pradesh and Dubai in the UAE from September 1. the minister said on Twitter "Great news for the people of Indore! Air India is going to start new services between Indore and Dubai that will operate once a week (on Wednesday) currently," Financial bids for disinvestment-bound Air India are likely to be received from qualified interested bidders (QIBs) by September 15, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh had said on July 22 in Lok Sabha.
Air India which is rolling out the international flight is also offering a new flight to Bengaluru on the same date. Following the out-break of Covid-19 pandemic in the world the operation of the Dubai-Indore-Dubai flight was suspended from March 25, 2020. But, with number of cases coming down, the flight has been restarted.
District collector Manish Singh said that since it’s an international flight, the airport administration has demanded the deployment of a RTPCR check team at the airport. We are making the necessary arrangements there.
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