Transit travel to/from India under the 'air bubble' agreements [ends 27 March 2022]
Mar 14, 2022, 4:27 pm
#1831
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: BLR
Programs: AA - EXP, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, UK - Gold
Posts: 1,224
BA has also put up an explicit notice of bubble enforcement on their India home page. I don’t remember seeing this before.
https://www.britishairways.com/trave.../public/en_in/
https://www.britishairways.com/trave.../public/en_in/
Mar 14, 2022, 4:46 pm
#1832
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 5,748
Sometime in 2022.
This is what they had through end of 2021 not the current “we will enforce bubble rules”.
https://web.archive.org/web/20211128.../public/en_in/
No crawls in 2022 to see when they changed.
This is what they had through end of 2021 not the current “we will enforce bubble rules”.
https://web.archive.org/web/20211128.../public/en_in/
No crawls in 2022 to see when they changed.
Mar 17, 2022, 10:13 pm
#1833
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 3
So what does ending of the bubble mean? That one can fly routes between India and the US via European hubs on European carriers like it was before the pandemic?
I would like to fly BOM-CDG-SFO-AMS-BOM on Air France and KLM. This would have been prohibited by the bubble, but after March 27, it will be allowed again. Is my understanding correct?
I would like to fly BOM-CDG-SFO-AMS-BOM on Air France and KLM. This would have been prohibited by the bubble, but after March 27, it will be allowed again. Is my understanding correct?
Mar 17, 2022, 11:14 pm
#1834
Join Date: May 2009
Programs: AA EXP HH GOLD EY GOLD
Posts: 340
So what does ending of the bubble mean? That one can fly routes between India and the US via European hubs on European carriers like it was before the pandemic?
I would like to fly BOM-CDG-SFO-AMS-BOM on Air France and KLM. This would have been prohibited by the bubble, but after March 27, it will be allowed again. Is my understanding correct?
I would like to fly BOM-CDG-SFO-AMS-BOM on Air France and KLM. This would have been prohibited by the bubble, but after March 27, it will be allowed again. Is my understanding correct?
Mar 24, 2022, 7:22 am
#1836
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 27
Mumbai-London-USA
I am planning a trip to visit my kids in USA in May 2022. I am a Indian national holding a visitors visa, so would it be okay to get a British Airways ticket as I am very confused with the air bubble restrictions. Please advise
Mar 24, 2022, 8:27 am
#1837
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,182
All the bubble restriction end this weekend, so don't bother studying them. Starting April you can travel to India however way you used to.
QR has filed their flights to India starting mid April: they are going in big. CCU went from 2-3 A320 flights a week to B788 or A359 daily. As a result ticket prices have fallen off a cliff.
QR has filed their flights to India starting mid April: they are going in big. CCU went from 2-3 A320 flights a week to B788 or A359 daily. As a result ticket prices have fallen off a cliff.
Mar 24, 2022, 8:31 am
#1838
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
All the bubble restriction end this weekend, so don't bother studying them. Starting April you can travel to India however way you used to.
QR has filed their flights to India starting mid April: they are going in big. CCU went from 2-3 A320 flights a week to B788 or A359 daily. As a result ticket prices have fallen off a cliff.
QR has filed their flights to India starting mid April: they are going in big. CCU went from 2-3 A320 flights a week to B788 or A359 daily. As a result ticket prices have fallen off a cliff.
Mar 24, 2022, 10:38 am
#1839
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,182
DEL goes daily to FRA in May, MUC comes back in full force only in June. MUC is short the planned A346 which took a while to get reactivated so their A359 fleet is stretched.
BOM goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC resumes in April but stays 3x till the winter season.
BLR goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC seems to be on the cards...
MAA comes back 3x in May
Considering the EU3 are ramping up their frequencies across the atlantic, they are bound to tap into the Indian markets again to fill the back of the bus to pay for the fuel. The ME3 are back too (EK is going in with 2-3 dailies into all the cities they had before), so the eternal battle resumes...
BOM goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC resumes in April but stays 3x till the winter season.
BLR goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC seems to be on the cards...
MAA comes back 3x in May
Considering the EU3 are ramping up their frequencies across the atlantic, they are bound to tap into the Indian markets again to fill the back of the bus to pay for the fuel. The ME3 are back too (EK is going in with 2-3 dailies into all the cities they had before), so the eternal battle resumes...
Mar 24, 2022, 10:44 am
#1840
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
DEL goes daily to FRA in May, MUC comes back in full force only in June. MUC is short the planned A346 which took a while to get reactivated so their A359 fleet is stretched.
BOM goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC resumes in April but stays 3x till the winter season.
BLR goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC seems to be on the cards...
MAA comes back 3x in May
Considering the EU3 are ramping up their frequencies across the atlantic, they are bound to tap into the Indian markets again to fill the back of the bus to pay for the fuel. The ME3 are back too (EK is going in with 2-3 dailies into all the cities they had before), so the eternal battle resumes...
BOM goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC resumes in April but stays 3x till the winter season.
BLR goes daily to FRA starting June, MUC seems to be on the cards...
MAA comes back 3x in May
Considering the EU3 are ramping up their frequencies across the atlantic, they are bound to tap into the Indian markets again to fill the back of the bus to pay for the fuel. The ME3 are back too (EK is going in with 2-3 dailies into all the cities they had before), so the eternal battle resumes...
Mar 24, 2022, 10:45 am
#1841
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 27
All the bubble restriction end this weekend, so don't bother studying them. Starting April you can travel to India however way you used to.
QR has filed their flights to India starting mid April: they are going in big. CCU went from 2-3 A320 flights a week to B788 or A359 daily. As a result ticket prices have fallen off a cliff.
QR has filed their flights to India starting mid April: they are going in big. CCU went from 2-3 A320 flights a week to B788 or A359 daily. As a result ticket prices have fallen off a cliff.
Mar 24, 2022, 9:44 pm
#1845
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 5,748
Tip: If you are traveling from India on the first few days after 26th on a flight that was bubble restricted before, recommend carrying a printout of the DGCA order or a soft copy of it with you. You never know if you might need it to argue with. Just saying…. 