International Flights will remain suspended till July 15, the government said on Friday.
”The competent authority had decided that scheduled international commercial passenger services to/from India shall remain suspended till 2359 hrs IST of July 15, 2020,” according to a notification issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
This restriction will not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA, it added.
However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on case to case basis, the flight regulator said.
All passenger flights were suspended when the country went into a lockdown late in March to contain the spread of coronavirus. Domestic flights resumed on May 25.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said last week that India will take a decision on resuming international passenger flights in July if corona virus behaves in a “predictable manner” and the entire aviation ecosystem and state governments are onboard.