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UAE-India flights: Expats delay travel plans by months amid Covid surge; air fares rise
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Some are however braving odds to fly and tend to their ailing loved ones.
Many expats are putting their India plans on hold over fears that the 10-day India-UAE flight suspension may be extended, travel agents told Khaleej Times
An official at Abu Dhabi office of Arabian Travel Agency, the general sales agent for Air India Express, said many are pushing forward their trips by one to four months.
“There is an apprehension that the suspension may be extended, so people are rescheduling their bookings. One passenger postponed his travel from this Thursday to September.
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Many residents who are stuck in India are exploring all options to grab a seat on the final flights to the UAE
Many Indian expats in the UAE, who had booked their tickets to India earlier, are either cancelling or rebooking their tickets following the UAE’s 10-day suspension of passenger flights from India.
And some UAE residents who are stuck in India after the announcement on Thursday are exploring all options to grab a seat on the final flights to the UAE on Saturday when the travel curbs take effect.
All flights from Indian destinations to the UAE are reportedly booked. Helpless residents are praying for the safety and well-being of loved ones stuck in India, where a new single-day record of 332,730 positive cases were reported on Friday.