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Wealthy Indians are paying as much as 1.5 million rupees, or more than $A25,800, for a one way flight out of India, which includes ground handling and other fees, said Rajan Mehra, the chief executive officer of the New Delhi-based private jet firm Club One Air. It s not only the ultra rich, he told Bloomberg. Whoever can afford to take a private jet are taking private jets. Mr Mehra said in some cases, travellers would have to pay extra if the plane needed to be sent back to India empty. UAE authorities imposed a 10-day ban on flights from India on Sunday. Previously, the Delhi-Dubai route was one of the busiest in the world.
Tuesday 27 April, 2021 | 3:30 PM
NEW DELHI: India’s mounting crisis surrounding a surge in coronavirus infections is prompting wealthy families to flee the country by private jet.
With reports of hospital bed and drug shortages sweeping social media, Indian tycoons and others able to afford fares running into millions of rupees are booking flights to boltholes in Europe, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean.
“It’s not only the ultra-rich,” said Rajan Mehra, chief executive officer at New Delhi-based private jet firm Club One Air. “Whoever can afford to take a private jet are taking private jets.” India reported 352,991 new infections on Monday, the highest daily tally worldwide since the pandemic began. With the country’s health infrastructure creaking under the strain, Bollywood movie superstars were spotted escaping to destinations including the Maldives, while at least three Australian cricketers have quit the Indian Premier League, the sport’s l
COVID-19 crisis in India: Wealthy Indians escape country by private jets as infections spiral
Amid the mounting COVID-19 crisis in India, the country s tycoons and others who can pay fares running into millions of rupees are booking flights to safe dens in Europe, the Indian Ocean, and the Middle East
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Some of the impetus for rich Indians to fly out of the country has also come from other nations taking steps to curb travel from South Asian state in the wake of the COVID-19 second wave
The unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections in India has prompted rich families to escape the country by private jet.
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