JOIN USEtihad Airways announces reduction in flights to Indian cities
Two days after the Indian government stated that passengers coming from UAE from March 18 onward would be quarantined for 14 days compulsorily, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways on Wednesday announced a reduction in its flights to India.
The full-service carrier, which also announced reduction of flights to various other countries due to coronavirus pandemic, said it would be conducting triple-daily flights on the Abu Dhabi-Delhi route instead of four flights in a day from March 19 to March 28.
Etihad Airways said flights on the Abu Dhabi-Mumbai route would also be reduced from four-daily flights to triple-daily flights from March 19 to April 30.
It said the flights to Bengaluru would be reduced from twice-daily to one flight per day from March 20 to April 30.
The airline has also removed one frequency on the Abu Dhabi-Cochin and Abu Dhabi-Hyderabad routes from March 20 to April 30.
On the Abu Dhabi-Chennai route, the frequency would be reduced from twice-daily to daily from March 30 to April 30, Etihad Airways added.