{"id":51337,"date":"2020-07-26T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T11:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=51337"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:38:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:38:07","slug":"international-flights-air-bubble-with-uae-ends-today-nod-for-oman-kuwait-bahrain-flights-awaited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/international-flights-air-bubble-with-uae-ends-today-nod-for-oman-kuwait-bahrain-flights-awaited\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia await two way approval for flights to India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Among the Gulf countries, only the UAE has opened its airports. The other Gulf countries have entry restrictions, not applicable to humanitarian, repatriation flights like those under Vande Bharat Mission.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The air bubble between India and the UAE under which two-way flights operated between the two countries ended today, as air bubbles are time-bound, limited agreement.<\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately known whether the agreement will be extended or whether a new one will be signed in August.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two-way flight agreements with other Gulf countries \u2014 Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia \u2014 are awaited. Demands are soaring for resuming two-way normal operations between India and Gulf countries.<\/p>\n<p>However, signing these air bubbles does not only depend only on India. It also depends on the travel restrictions imposed in the countries.<\/p>\n<p>Among the Gulf countries, only the UAE has opened its airports. The other Gulf countries have entry restrictions, not applicable to humanitarian, repatriation flights like those under Vande Bharat Mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the Gulf countries, only the UAE has opened its airports. The other Gulf countries have entry restrictions, not applicable to humanitarian, repatriation flights like those under Vande Bharat Mission. 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