New Delhi, Dec 21,2020: The Government on Monday suspended all flights between India and the United Kingdom beginning 2359 hours Tuesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new mutated strand of Corona virus that has emerged in UK.
‘Considering the prevailing situation in UK. Govt. of India has decided that all flights originating from UK to India to be suspended till 31st December 2020 (23.59 hours),’ the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) tweeted.
The suspension of flights will come into effect from 2359 hours on Tuesday (December 22) and flights from
India to the United Kingdom will also remain temporarily suspended during the same period, the Ministry added.
‘This suspension to start w.e.f. 23.59 hours, 22nd December 2020. Consequently flights from India to UK shall stand temporarily suspended during above said period,’ the MoCA said.
The Ministry also announced that passengers who are arriving in India from UK in all transit flights that arrive in India before 2359 hours on Tuesday, will have to take RT-PCR test on their arrival at the concerned airports here, as part of the precaution measure.
