NEW DELHI: Airline major IndiGo's United Arab Emirates (UAE) bound flights have been cancelled for a week, according to a statement from the Airline.

Industry insiders alleged that the airline ferried few passengers, who violated travel testing norms for entering the United Arab Emirates. The airline in a statement said that all flights to the gulf country have been suspended due to operational issues "Due to operational issues, all IndiGo flights to UAE stand cancelled till August 24, 2021," the airline said in a statement. "We have informed all our passengers and will support them with refunds or accommodation in other flights once we resume operations," the statement further said.

Earlier the airline said that Indian Diaspora should wait a couple of weeks to book their return flights to the UAE with rates expected to soften once the initial rush in demand stabilizes. It was last week that the UAE allowed flights from India to resume, and which then led to overnight increases in ticket charges.

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