Bengal Allows International Charter Flights Repatriating Stranded Indians

Kolkata:

West Bengal has made up our minds to permit world constitution flights sporting Indian nationals with COVID-negative certificate to land on the state airports in an try to ease restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, a senior authentic mentioned on Saturday.

The limitations on Vande Bharat Challenge flights will, alternatively, proceed, he mentioned.

The state executive has written to the Ministry of Exterior Affairs on this connection.

The state executive has made up our minds that at the moment most effective constitution flights, sporting stranded Indian nationals from in another country having a unfavorable check document (RT-PCR) performed inside of 96 hours of flight departure would possibly land at airports in Bengal, the letter despatched on Friday mentioned.

Accordingly, you’re asked to kindly put across the aforesaid SOP to the Indian Missions and in addition to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for additional vital motion in order that the chartered flights following the SOP is also scheduled with impact from August 10, it added.

The airways will have to observe for a no-objection certificates (NOC) from the state executive, specifying the sponsor, the collection of passengers and their main points, and an endeavor that each one passengers travelling are COVID-negative, as in line with the usual running prcedures.

A clearance from the Indian missions within the originating international locations or the Ministry of Exterior Affairs could also be wanted, it mentioned.

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