Delhi, December 24: Earlier on Wednesday, India approved the revised air service arrangement with Afganistan and Philippines. In order to facilitate the air travel of the citizens, an official statement stated that the agreement denotes the landmark about the civil aviation relations between India and the 2 countries. Other than this, India has already formed an air bubble arrangement with 22 countries and this development has come after these ones.
Amid the circumstances triggered by the global pandemic, the countries have to agree on a mutual agreement in order to operate passenger flights to the other countries. To simplify this, a bilateral air services agreement is to negotiate between to nations where the airlines, number of seats, guidelines, total flights and other arrangments are done the two concerned nations. According to the updates, the revised agreement can help better the trade, investment, tourism, and cultural exchanges between India and Afganistan, the Philippines along with the developments in the civil aviation sector.
Indian air services have been suspended since a long time from March 23 in wake of the coronavirus and now the wave of the new covid variant has spawned tension all across the world. Many countries have already suspended the exchange of flights with countries where this new strain have been found. The UK government has imposed a strict lockdown in London and South East England.
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However, the majority of Indian health experts believe that air activities must be halted to prevent the entry of the newly mutated covid-19.
