India now has an air bubble arrangement with the Netherlands
In its latest announcement, India has now entered into an air bubble agreement with the Netherlands, making this the 19th country with which such an arrangement has been made. The air bubble is effective from November 1, 2020.
Hinting at an increase in air bubble arrangements between India and other countries, Union Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri had tweeted yesterday, “The mission to bring back stranded citizens began on 6 May 2020 & is now poised to dovetail into Phase-7.
International travel of more than 28 lakh people has been facilitated so far. More flights & air bubble arrangements are in place to reach out to more. VBM continues...”
In a bid to restart commercial passenger services when regular international flights are suspended as a result of the Covid-19, India earlier had air bubble arrangements with Bangladesh, Oman, Bhutan, Kenya, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Canada, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Qatar, the UAE, the UK, Ukraine and the USA.
