Air India cancels flights from India to this country from 19th April

Air India made big announcement; Air India cancels flights from India to this country from 19th April. Air India has cancelled flight services to Hong Kong due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong authorities and limited demand in the sector, the airline said.

Due to restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong authorities and limited demand on the sector, our flights to Hong Kong and back of 19th and 23rd April stand cancelled,” Air India tweeted on Sunday. this country has banned Air India services till April 24 after three passengers on one of its flights tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival on Saturday, a senior government official has said.

Moreover, all international passengers are required to take a post-flight COVID-19 test at the airport premises in Kong. “The three passengers on Air India’s AI316 Delhi-Kolkata-Hong Kong flight on April 16 tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival,” the official said.

Air India flights from New Delhi and Kolkata have been banned till April 24 by the government, the official added. Passengers from India can arrive in this country only if they have a COVID-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey, according to rules issued by the Hong Kong government.

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this countries border has effectively been shut since 2020 with few flights able to land and hardly any passengers allowed to transit, isolating a city that had built a reputation as a global hub. Earlier, Hong Kong removed the ban on flights from nine countries starting from next month Australia, Canada, France, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Britain and the United States.