India proposes air bubble pact with Bangladesh

[The Ronin]

India proposes to enter into separate air bubble pacts with Bangladesh and four other South Asian countries to resume international flights, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today.

Under a bilateral air bubble pact, airlines of both the countries can operate international flights with certain restrictions.

Since July, India has established such air bubble pacts with the US, the UK, France, Germany, the UAE, Qatar and the Maldives, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

"We are now taking these efforts forward & are negotiating with 13 more countries to establish such arrangements," Puri tweeted.

These 13 countries are: Australia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Bahrain, Israel, Kenya, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea & Thailand," he added.

Puri said, "Air bubbles have also been proposed with our neighbours Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bhutan."

The Maldives became the first South Asian country to have a bilateral air bubble agreement with India last week.

Regular international flights in India have remained suspended since March 23 due to coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.thedailystar.net/world/south-asia/news/india-proposes-air-bubble-pact-bangladesh-1947069

 

[Michael Corleone]

With the recent state of their commercial airline maintenance, and corona woes, I reckon it’s stupid to do so with them, air traffic between two country aren’t profitable enough to warrant such pact

 

[UKBengali]

Very bad idea as coronavirus is rampaging in India.

BD is doing much better against the virus.

 

[Imran Khan]

i wish BD say yes

 

[idune]

at this rate india may already brought ankle bracelet for Hasina to wear, so can be monitored.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Lagbe na

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

With the recent state of their commercial airline maintenance, and corona woes, I reckon it’s stupid to do so with them, air traffic between two country aren’t profitable enough to warrant such pact

Its not about profit but people of each other nations getting stranded. They need to come back in. Its not like as if Tourism is promoted through air bubbles.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Its not about profit but people of each other nations getting stranded. They need to come back in. Its not like as if Tourism is promoted through air bubbles.

Regardless, no such deal is needed to extradite stranded nationals. Other countries have already been doing that for long and I’m sure India did too

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

Regardless, no such deal is needed to extradite stranded nationals. Other countries have already been doing that for long and I’m sure India did too

Actually no. India and other countries if you had read the news is extracting nationals through air bubbles. Before that it was relief flights during the height of the pandemic. Air bubbles is for commercial airlines to operate and extract people. Not all visa holders are eligible through this bubble and especially not tourist visas.