Indian Subcontinent

The Government of Nepal has planned to resume operations of domestic and international passenger flights from next month. The country is reporting more recoveries of COVID-19 cases. The number of active coronavirus cases in Nepal dropped to about 6,000 in the last week, while the recovery rate remains impressive at 66.12 per cent. Mr. Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, secretary of the ...

Maldives has welcomed its first international tourists by Qatar Airways flight on July 15 morning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, after nearly four months of following lockdown restrictions along with border closure to limit the risk of importation and spread of COVID-19 in the country. The Qatar Airways (QR) flight, with 107 foreigners and 24 Maldivians onboard, was first commercial passenger ...

On Friday (July 3), The Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to extend the ban on operations of all scheduled international flights in the country till July 31. The DGCA further said that however special international flights may be allowed on some selected routes by the competent authority on a case to case basis. Earlier ...

The National Museum of Bhutan (NMB) in Paro has now reopened for tourists after completion of extensive restoration work. The museum was closed to visitors for almost 9 years for restoration work after many valuable artifacts were damaged during an earthquake in 2011. However due to ongoing pandemic and in a bid to limit the spread of local coronavirus transmission, ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national carrier of Bangladesh, has resumed its operations of international passenger flights from Sunday (June 21). The airline had earlier temporarily suspended all its flight operations since March 21 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The carrier will currently operate only one flight a week every Sunday on Dhaka-London-Dhaka ...

On Wednesday (June 17), the low cost carrier Air Asia India launched “FlyPorter” its door-to-door baggage service for passengers at New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The carrier said, “An industry first, the door to door baggage delivery service FlyPorter will be picking the baggage from the guests’ home and delivering at their doorstep.” Under “Air Asia FlyPorter” service the baggage will ...

Sri Lanka is planning to reopen its tourism sector to overseas travelers from August 1, 2020 by allowing only small groups of inbound visitors to begin with. Mr. Kimali Fernando, the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, said that small groups with limited number of visitors from other countries would be allowed to visit Sri Lanka from starting ...

Maldives will restart tourism and reopen its borders for International Tourists from July 3rd, 2020, as confirmed by Tourism Ministry. Upon entry, no additional fees will be charged by the travelers, Tourism Ministry further stated. The tourism industry in Maldives came to a halt with the travel ban imposed by the government for all tourists from 27th March 2020 as ...

After two months of nation-wide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India has allowed airlines to resume the operations of domestic flight in a staggered manner from May 25 (Monday). Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, the Aviation Minister, has informed by his tweet on Wednesday (May 20), “Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday ...

After the businesses and shops remained closed for 52 days since the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, Sri Lanka finally opened up its economic activities earlier on Monday, this week. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa launched the national campaign to get Sri Lanka’s economy back on track – “Restart Sri Lanka” to provide the impetus for Sri Lankan businesses ...