Corporate Newsletter April 2021

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Lufthansa has announced its April flight schedule between India and Germany, Indigo launches door-to-door baggage service, Air India announces direct flight between Pune and Bhopal and more updates in the 1st edition of April ’21 Travel Updates newsletter.

Air India launches direct flight between Pune and Bhopal

In the summer schedule, Air India has announced a new direct flight between Pune and Bhopal with four times a week service as per the below schedule:

Flight No.	From	To	Dept.	Arr.	Eff. Date.	Frequency
AI 482	Pune	Bhopal	12:35	14:00	28-Mar	Four times a week
AI 481	Bhopal	Pune	10:45	12:05	28-Mar	Four times a week

Pune airport closure for 2 weeks

Pune’s airport will remain completely shut for 14 days from 26th April till 9th May ’21 as it undergoes runway resurfacing work.

The airstrip has been undergoing repairs since October last year. For now, work has been taking place at night, which is why no flights take off or land at Pune between 8pm and 8am. For the 14 days in April and May though, the airport will see a total shutdown. We advise our clients to plan your travel accordingly.

There is an update to the new summer flight schedule from Pune that we circulated in the March v.2 edition (our last Travel Updates newsletter):

The start of the proposed direct flight between Pune and Srinagar by Indigo has been postponed to 10th May ’21 from 16th April.

IndiGo launches door-to-door baggage transfer service called 6EBagport

Shortly after Vistara’s announcement, Indigo has also launched a new door-to-door baggage delivery service from 1st April in New Delhi and Hyderabad and will subsequently launch the service in Mumbai and Bengaluru for delivery to and from home and airport.

The facility allows passengers to transfer their baggage from one destination to another with added assistance inside the terminal. The service starts at Rs 630 for one way and passengers can book the service from the comfort of their home. The ‘6EBagport’ service can be availed up to 24 hours prior to the departure of the flight and anytime on arrival.

Delhi will test incoming domestic flyers for COVID-19

If you’re flying into Delhi, be prepared to be swabbed. The Delhi government has decided to test passengers coming into Delhi for COVID. Passengers at Delhi airport will be picked out at random and be allowed to leave after undergoing the test. Those who test positive will have to undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine at their place of stay or in a government facility.

The Disaster Management Authority will conduct these tests for passengers coming in from states with a high number of cases of COVID. What states these are is not certain yet, but Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have seen a spike in cases over the past two weeks.

Click here to download the latest state wise travel restrictions.

India extends ban on international flights till 30 April

The Indian government has extended the ban on international commercial flights till 30th April, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular. The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end on 31st March after a twelve-month gap.

Dedicated cargo flights, flights under the bilateral air bubble pacts with select countries will continue to operate - India currently has bilateral air bubble agreement with about 27 countries, which include countries like Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Ukraine, the UAE, the UK, Uzbekistan and the US.

Lufthansa flight schedule between India and Germany for April ’21

Here is the updated ‘travel bubble’ flight schedule between India and Germany on Lufthansa for April ‘21:

Flights from India:

Flight No.	From	Departure	To	Arrival	Days of Ops.
LH 761	Delhi	2:50	Frankfurt	7:40	7
LH 757	Mumbai	2:50	Frankfurt	8:30	1,4,6
LH 755	Bengaluru	3:05	Frankfurt	9:00	2,4,6

Flights to India:

Flight No.	From	Departure	To	Arrival	Days of Ops.
LH 760	Frankfurt	13:40	Delhi	0:55 +1	1,3,4
LH 756	Frankfurt	13:20	Mumbai	01:20 +1	3,5,7
LH 754	Frankfurt	12:55	Bengaluru	01:25 +1	1,3,6

Abu Dhabi Airports launches free rapid Covid-19 testing

Abu Dhabi Airports, in partnership with Pure Health and Tamouh Healthcare, has launched rapid free Covid-19 PCR testing for all arrivals, except those in transit, with results provided in around 90 minutes. The new state of the art RT-PCR lab offers testing within Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) to facilitate air travel procedures and support quarantine tracking procedures.

Designed to ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of travellers and staff at Abu Dhabi International Airport, the new Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing process is free for arriving passengers and offers results in approximately 90 minutes. The laboratory has the capacity to test more than 20,000 travellers and staff per day.

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