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Coronavirus outbreak: UAE to stop issuing new visas from March 17

Coronavirus shuts traffic on India's busiest international route

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Air India, IndiGo and Vistara are cancelling flights to Dubai following the decision.

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
The coronavirus crisis will hit traffic on India's busiest international route as United Arab Emirates will stop issuing fresh visas from March 17. The decision does not impact existing visas.
 
Air India, IndiGo and Vistara are cancelling flights to Dubai following the decision. 
 
Over 11 million passengers flew between India and the UAE in 2019 - and the West Asian country is India's largest air travel market. Dubai is number one destination for Indians with over 500 weekly flights to/from India.
 
Indian government has already asked Indians to avoid all non essential travel while UAE government too

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