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Expats fly chartered flight via Armenia and Uzbekistan to reach Gulf destinations
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With several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries barring the entry of travellers from India, non-resident Indians are choosing the transit route to several other nations including two former Soviet republics - Armenia and Uzbekistan- to reach their destinations.
The entry of travellers from Indian have been prohibited in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudia Arabia, Oman and Kuwait. However, exemptions are given to passengers if they underwent quarantine for 14 days in a third country.
Earlier expatriates, desperate to get back to their jobs and business- related activity, used the transit routes like Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka to reach the GCC countries which are tightening rules now following the COVID-19 surge in India.
Travel agencies have been looking at new ways to overcome the ban on direct flights from India to UAE and Oman
KOZHIKODE: Expatriates seem to go to any length to overcome the current ban on flights from India to many Gulf countries including Oman and UAE. Travel agencies have started taking bookings for tickets in charter flights from Kerala to Oman via Uzbekistan, which includes a 14-day stay in the Central Asian country.
Travel agencies have been looking at new ways to overcome the ban on direct flights from India to UAE and Oman that came into force on April 24 after the transit routes initially used to reach Gulf through countries like Nepal and Maldives were blocked after those countries tightened norms for Indian passengers.