India Forms ‘Air Bubbles' With UK, Germany Now

In the absence of scheduled commercial international passenger flights, India has been in the process of striking bilateral agreements to keep limited international flight operations going.

- Poulomi Saha

‘Air bubbles,’ as they are called, have been in practice since mid-July, allowing both India and the destination country to operate flights through their respective carriers to and from India.

Until now, there were ‘air bubble’ arrangements with the United States and France, but India Today Television has now learnt that agreements with Germany and the United Kingdom have been sealed too. Soon flights for both countries will be announced by Air India and their respective national carriers.

Air bubble agreements so far have been fortnightly arrangements.