Don't roll back resumption of international flights: Travel industry execs

Stopping all international passenger flights due to a new Covid variant is not the solution, says a travel industry veteran

Enhance testing and strengthen Covid-19 protocols but do not put on hold resumption of scheduled international flights, travel industry veterans said on Saturday.

They were reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a review of plans to ease travel restrictions in the wake of the new Covid-19 variant 'Omicron'. The Prime Minister chaired a comprehensive high level meeting on Saturday to review the Covid-19 situation in the country.

An official release from the government said that the PM asked officials to review plans for easing of international travel restrictions in the light of emerging new evidence.

Officials from the civil aviation and