Air India to Increase Flight Frequency to the US Amid Massive Student Rush

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Subhashri Roy
Updated on Aug 02, 2021 08:22 PM IST

The move comes after several Indian students headed to the US for higher studies voiced their concerns on social media about rescheduling their Air India flights to the US, allegedly without prior notice.

Air India to Increase Flight Frequency to the US Amid Massive Student Rush

Amidst the opening of US universities for the Fall 2021 semester and a considerable drop in the number of COVID-19 cases, Air India has announced an increased frequency of flights to the US from the first week of August.

The move comes after several Indian students headed to the US for higher studies voiced their concerns on social media about rescheduling their Air India flights to the US, allegedly without prior notice, on social media.

Since the travel resumed between the two countries, Indian students have been facing difficulties in booking flights and also finding tickets at an extremely inflated rate.

Also Read: Many Countries Easing Travel Restrictions for Indian Students: Centre

Air India, while answering an NDTV query, said that some of their flights had to be cancelled due to recent increase in COVID cases and ban on Indian flights to the US, including those between Mumbai and Newark. However, these cancellations were made well in advance, about which passengers were notified.

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It further said that it used to operate around 40 flights with 11 flights weekly, before the recent presidential proclamation of travel restrictions in the US on flights from India. Now, the frequency is being increased to 22 from August 7, 2021, which will help accommodate as many passengers as possible in their flights from August.

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Air India, in the meantime, has also put out a tweet saying it will operate additional flights between New Delhi and Newark on August 6, 13, 20 and 27. Apart from Air India flights, American airline companies United and Delta are also currently running a limited number of flights between the US and India.

Sources: NDTV & Financial Express

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