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New travel restrictions to USA from India 4 May 2021, impacts on UA DEL/BOM flights?
Biden administration to restrict travel from India starting Tuesday CNN
"On the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration will restrict travel from India starting immediately," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Friday. "The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the India. The policy will take effect on Tuesday, May 4." The administration will issue a 212(f) order restricting entry into the US for foreign nationals who have been in India within the previous 14 days, a source familiar with the move said. Airlines have been told of the decision, a source said.The new policy will take effect on Tuesday at 12:01 am ET. The policy will not apply to American citizens, lawful permanent residents or other people with exemptions. As with all international travelers, individuals who fit that criteria traveling from India must still test negative prior to leaving the country, quarantine if they have not been vaccinated and test negative again upon reentering the US from India. The restrictions also do not apply to humanitarian workers. |
I suspect many of the fliers are US citizens on UA - and since they are exempt, nothing may change.
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Looks like India flights will be suspended starting Tues the 4th.... why the wait ?
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Originally Posted by featheroleather
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Looks like India flights will be suspended starting Tues the 4th.... why the wait ?
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i'm surprised it took so long to take a call on the ban....ideally it should have happened weeks ago....
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There may actually be an evacuation effect.
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They'll just downgauge to a CR2.
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Actually really curious about this - we have an equipment installer here that is scheduled to return to India on May 9. I believe he flew in on United. I presume the Indian government will let him in, since he's an Indian citizen - but I don't know if UA will cancel flights altogether if flight from India to US are going to be empty after a few days...
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Originally Posted by rishib
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Actually really curious about this - we have an equipment installer here that is scheduled to return to India on May 9. I believe he flew in on United. I presume the Indian government will let him in, since he's an Indian citizen - but I don't know if UA will cancel flights altogether if flight from India to US are going to be empty after a few days...
I also wonder how much cargo has an influence. If they still need the lift for that, maybe they are willing to run more relatively empty pax cabins if cargo areas are full all the time. |
the Administration will restrict travel from India starting immediately The policy will take effect on Tuesday, May 4. |
And there goes my hope of returning on the SFO-BLR nonstop on May 31st..
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Originally Posted by HkCaGu
(Post 33217366)
There may actually be an evacuation effect.
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Originally Posted by featheroleather
(Post 33217207)
Looks like India flights will be suspended starting Tues the 4th.... why the wait ?
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Seriously, this won't make much difference at all. Not exactly a ton of tourists flying. With the huge Indian diaspora in the US, UA and AI will continue their flights completely full with just American citizens and Perm Residents. lol.
The routes will remain either way. That cargo $$$. |
Originally Posted by HGHUA
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Seriously, this won't make much difference at all. Not exactly a ton of tourists flying. With the huge Indian diaspora in the US, UA and AI will continue their flights completely full with just American citizens and Perm Residents. lol.
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