Dubai: The suspension on flights from India to UAE has been prolonged till July 21.

UAE’s Normal Civil Aviation Authority, in a Discover Issued to Airmen (NOTAM), mentioned flights from India and 13 different international locations, together with Liberia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Uganda, Zambia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and South Africa, will stay suspended till 23:59 hrs of July 21, 2021.

The discover said that cargo flights in addition to enterprise and constitution flights could be exempted from the restrictions.

Flights from Indian cities had been anticipated to renew on June 23 after Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Disaster and Catastrophe Administration mentioned passengers from India with a legitimate residence visa who’ve obtained two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine, shall be allowed to journey.

Airways have at present opened bookings from July 6 onwards.

Ranging from April 24, GCAA and the Nationwide Emergency Disaster and Disasters Emergency Administration Authority (NCEMA) suspended all inbound flights for nationwide and worldwide carriers coming from India.

The journey suspension consists of inbound transit passengers with exception of transit flights coming to the UAE and heading to India. The GCAA had beforehand said that UAE nationals and diplomatic missions between the 2 international locations, official delegations, businessmen’s planes and golden residence holders are excluded from the choice, offered that they need to take preventive measures that embody a compulsory 10-day quarantine and a PCR take a look at on the airport in addition to one other take a look at on the fourth and eighth days of coming into the nation.

The brand new protocol additionally mentioned passengers from India had been required to bear a speedy PCR take a look at 4 hours previous to departure to Dubai. One rationalization for the delay provided by business sources is that airports in India nonetheless lack the services for the speedy take a look at.

This “is one thing which all of the worldwide airports at present should not geared up with… each governments are working carefully in addressing that challenge,” mentioned Aman Puri, Consul Normal of India in Dubai, throughout an interview with Large FM final week.