India sent proposal to Saudi, 9 other nations for operating flights: Union govt

Responding to a question by IUML's ET Mohammed Basheer, the government on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that India has sent a proposal to Saudi Arabia and other nine countries for operating flights under the air bubble agreement.

After flights were suspended following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, international passenger flights are being operated under bilateral air bubble arrangements with various countries.

As of November 24, India had formalized air bubble arrangements with 31 countries.

"We have 10 proposals pending for air bubble agreement. We have forwarded the proposals to these countries. Saudi Arabia is one of them. We are waiting to hear from them," Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told the Lok Sabha.