India flight ban decision made amid growing COVID crisis
National Cabinet will today decide whether to suspend flights coming in from India, as oxygen trains are sent to the nation’s needy states. WARNING: GRAPHIC
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by Kieran Rooney, Tom Minear, Tiffany Bakker, AFP
27th Apr 2021 2:00 PM
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Direct passenger flights between India and Australia will be halted until May 15 amid the nation's worsening coronavirus crisis, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
Mr Morrsion said the move meant two passengers services from India into Sydney, and two repatriation flights into Darwin would be cancelled, and about 500 passengers would be affected.