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BREAKING NEWS INDIA TO UAE FLIGHT TEMPORARILY BANNED
Passengers from India have been temporarily barred from travelling
to the UAE with effect from Sunday, April 25, sources said on
Thursday.
The travel ban comes into effect from 11.59pm on Saturday, April
24, and is subject to
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COVID-19: UAE suspends flights from India starting April 25
Announcement comes as India battles a second wave of COVID-19
Published: April 22, 2021 17:32Sajila Saseendran, Senior Reporter
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Dubai: The UAE has suspended all passenger flights from India with effect from 11.59pm on April 24, authorities confirmed on Thursday evening.
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) have announced the suspension of all inbound flights for national and international carriers coming from India, WAM reported.
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In a statement issued on Thursday, the authorities said passengers coming from India through other countries must have stayed in those countries for not less than 14 days to be allowed to enter the country, as of 23.59 on Saturday, April 24, 2021, for a period of 10 days that can be extended.
The travel ban includes inbound transit passengers with exception of transit flights coming to the UAE and heading to India.
The authorities confirmed that UAE nationals, diplomatic passport holders, official delegations, business flights, and golden residence visa holders are excluded from this decision, provided they follow certain precautionary measures.
The preventive measures for them include a 10-day quarantine period and PCR tests on arrival at the airport as well as on the fourth and eighth days after entering the country.
Also, they must carry negative reports of PCR tests taken within 48 hours, (instead of 72 or 96 hours) prior to the departure from accredited laboratories that issue the QR Code for the original test reports.
This comes in response to the proactive precautionary and preventive health measures issued by all authorities concerned in the country to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the statement added.
Passenger flights from the UAE to India and cargo flights between the two countries will remain unaffected.
Affected passengers
Responding to the announcement of the travel curbs, Indian Ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor told Gulf News: “I have been assured by the UAE civil aviation authority that fights are not being suspended and only non-exempt passengers will be barred from flying into the UAE during the restricted period. Flights will continue to operate between the countries.”
“We respect the decision of the UAE Government. We will continue to work with them closely in the area of healthcare, including on dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” he added.
Anil Punjabi, chairman, Eastern Region, Travel Agents’ Federation of India, said travel agents in India also received the notification.
“The travel and tourism sector in India have already been hit hard by the pandemic. Further flight suspensions are an additional blow,” Punjabi said.
New curbs amid highest tally
India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 COVID-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services to cope, according to a Reuters report.
The UAE is the latest country to curb travel from India in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, which has put India’s healthcare system in an unprecedented crisis.