India Suspends International Flights From March 22
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The Govt. of India has announced that no scheduled international commercial passenger aircraft shall take off from any foreign airport for any airport in India, after 0001 hrs GMT of March 22, 2020.
“These instructions shall remain in force till 0001 hrs GMT of March 29, 2020.A maximum travel time of 20 hours is permissible for such commercial passenger aircraft to land in India. As such, no incoming scheduled international commercial passenger aircraft shall be allowed to disembark its passengers *on Indian soil* (Foreigner or Indian) after 2001 hrs GMT of March 22, 2020 (*i.e. 0131 hrs IST of March 23, 2020),” the Govt said in a release.