India expresses disappointment over continuing ban on Canadian flights

The ban was originally imposed on 22 April and was due to expire on 21 August, but on 9 August Transport Canada announced that it had been extended to 21 September.

India has written to the Canadian government expressing its 'disappointment' over the ban on direct commercial flights.

The ban was originally imposed on 22 April and was due to expire on 21 August, but on 9 August Transport Canada announced that it had been extended to 21 September. The April decision was based on concerns over rising Covid-19 cases in India. India, especially the spread of the delta version.

The note sent to India's High Commission in Ottawa, Global Affairs Canada, the country's foreign ministry, said verbal or diplomatic communication, said the expansion has caused "anxiety and concern" among citizens of the two countries who wish to travel between them. Huh.

The Canadian government ban prevents all direct passenger flights from India.

The Indian government is demanding the resumption of flights and the end of mandatory RT-PCR testing for passengers from India traveling from third countries.

It has been argued that the ongoing restrictions "adversely affected" the approximately 200,000 Indian students starting post-secondary education in Canada and caused "great inconvenience" to the nearly 1.6 million strong Indo-Canadian community.

It said an early return to normalcy in global mobility was in the interest of both countries.

It also pointed out that India has produced more than 570 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with its declining positivity rate and expanding its testing regime, as well as digitally available proof of vaccination through the Cowin app .

It also underlined that the daily caseload in India is currently less than half that during the first wave in India in September last year, when direct flights between the two countries continued uninterrupted.