Coronavirus Effect: After IndiGo cancels around 20% of flights, Air India allows 'One free change' of date, flight number till this date

In a relief to the air passengers, Air India is offering 'One Free Change' of date or flight number or sector for all domestic tickets. The passengers must note that this offer is valid on confirmed travel on or before March 31, 2022. The passengers can login to the official website of Air India at airindia.in in case of any details and queries.

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Recently, Air India has tweeted from its official Twitter handle informing this decision. The tweet said, "#FlyAI : In view of recent uncertainties due to surge in COVID cases, Air India is offering ONE FREE CHANGE of date or flight number or sector for all domestic tickets (098) with confirmed travel on/before 31.03.22. For details please visit airindia.in."

#FlyAI : In view of recent uncertainties due to surge in COVID cases, Air India is offering ONE FREE CHANGE of date or flight number or sector for all domestic tickets (098) with confirmed travel on/before 31.03.22.
For details please visit https://t.co/T1SVjRluZv .

— Air India (@airindiain) January 9, 2022

The aviation sector has been in pressure due to the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases.

IndiGo on Sunday said it will cancel around 20 per cent of its flights because of the surge in Covid cases driven by the Omicron variant and waive change fees till March 31 in response to customer needs, as per a PTI report.

In a press release, the airline stated that owing to the increasing number of infections, a large number of IndiGo customers are changing their travel plans.

"In response to customer needs, IndiGo is waiving change fees and is offering free changes for all new and existing bookings made up to January 31, for flights up to March 31, 2022," it mentioned.

The budget carrier said with reduced demand it will also selectively withdraw some flights from service.

"We anticipate that around 20 per cent of our current scheduled operations will be withdrawn from service."

Amid a surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Central government on Friday announced a seven-day mandatory home quarantine for all international arrivals in the country. All the international arrivals in the country will have to observe a seven-day mandatory home quarantine with effect from January 11 till further orders.

As per the order issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday, travellers from specified countries at risk will at first, submit a sample for the post-arrival COVID-19 test at the point of arrival (self-paid). Such travellers will be required to wait for their test results at the arrival airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.