The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the ban on international commercial passenger flights until December 31 on Thursday.

This restriction, however, shall not be applied to the international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA.

DGCA has further reserved the rights to allow flights on selected routes on case to case basis.

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The suspension of international commercial passenger flights from/to India, which has been in place since March 23 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, was to expire on November 30.

In the absence of regular flight service on overseas routes, special international flights are being operated under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral "air bubble" arrangements with selected countries since July.

With inputs from agencies

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First Published:Nov 26, 2020 1:27 PM IST