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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Saurabh Sinha | TNN

66 airlines, 40+ nations and 3,249 weekly flights: Skies reopen after 2-year pandemic break

NEW DELHI: Six Indian and 60 foreign airlines from 40 countries — but none from China as of now — will from Sunday operate 3,249 weekly flights to and from India under the summer schedule as regular international flights resume after a gap of over two years.

A gradual increase in connectivity to the allowed number of flights is expected to lead to fares falling from the stratospheric levels of the bubble system, which lapses on Saturday. But they are likely to be higher than pre-Covid times due to Russia’s war on Ukraine pushing up oil prices.

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