Nagpur:The ban on passenger flights to Kolkata from six cities — all COVID-19 hotspots — has been extended till July 31, airport sources here said on Friday, as coronavirus cases continue to surge in the country.
“The restriction on arriving flights to #KolkataAirport from 6 cities viz Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Nagpur & Ahmedabad has been extended up to 31st July,” the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport tweeted.
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Earlier, the airport had announced that no passenger flight would be arriving in Kolkata from these cities from July 6 to July 19.
“The temporary restriction on arriving flights to #KolkataAirport from 6 cities viz Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Nagpur & Ahmedabad is on the request of State Govt. to restrict movement from high prevalence cities of #coronavirus cases in order to contain the spread of #COVID19,” it had said in a tweet on July 4.
