Covid crisis prompts Australia to suspend flights to India.

All flights between India and Australia have been suspended as the sub-continent grapples with a tsunami of COVID-19 cases.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the decision Tuesday after last week cutting flights between the two countries by 30 percent.

The suspension until May 15 includes government-sponsored repatriation flights to a quarantine facility at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory.

It leaves some 9000 Australians stranded in India, including a number of cricketers, and comes as the number of cases and deaths skyrockets.

Read: Airlines say details critical for US-Europe summer travel.

Morrison said the suspension would be reviewed before May 15 “in terms read more ⇒

Source:: AirlineRatings.Com

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *